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I don't disagree with your assessment, nor of the ones above. I and many Canadians, heck many folks across the globe, have been astonished and disquieted by the rise of MAGA, the size of MAGA, and its vicious and wilful ignorance, fuelled by Fox "News".

But. While I understand most of them will never be able to examine their beliefs, the fact remains shaming them does more harm than good. You really do need to smooth the path to exiting the cult for them. Less division is the goal.

There has been a lot of rumination on who and why they are. I think the toxicity of the myth of American Exceptionalism coupled with the idea that *everyone* gets a hand-delivered America Dream creates a disconnect these people get caught in. Historian Michael Burleigh stated that: (As Hitler rose to power) “A dreadful mass sentimentality [gripped the nation] compounded of anger, fear, resentment and self-pity.” I think something similar binds the MAGA nation together.

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