oh no doubt, but the point is the racist/jingoist/tribal bullshit just fills the vacuum where their actual politics would be if they had a better purchase on reality. not trying to coddle these fuckers; they DO have access to real information, they just dont have the scruples to vet through all the bullshit around and in between, which... I mean... there's an entire tech/media/economic system working against them. there but for the grace of god go chapo