pretty much this ^ sadly. been this way of thinking for some time for me. At the same time, I also believe some Americans are some of the best people I have ever been around. But they are the minority. I fought and fought the urge to call anyone stupid, but alas, at teh end of the day a lack of empathy, a lack of care for others, lack of any attention span - gotta to call it what it is.
I remember a pattern of people complaining about a hostile takeover of Maga during Biden and the runup to the election. I distinctly remember many posts from @atomheartbevo (I love you man!) telling everyone not to panic, not to worry, these people are too stupid to collectively take action and "win" (paraphrasing).
When people refuse to learn, refuse to listen to anyone, refuse to engage in any form of honest debate - then what?
When people willingly listen to only things they want - and know it - and repeat this...then what? And that certainly isn't just Maga, its most of us honestly, but those with a brain at least fight it
When you can't use logic and reason?
When people let the idea of process breakdown for the short term victory they want - then what?
They are indeed stupid, and that is entirely the problem. You will lose to them. They will out recruit you, they have no moral compass at all, they have deep seeded fear of anything different, and they don't care what anyone thinks of them. You got nothing to work with. Nothing.