I'm about to be a broken record.

• People who vote for fascism are called fascists.
• A large majority of the electorate either voted for fascism, or couldn't be bothered to vote against it.
• Popularization of reality denial in favor of believing what makes you feel a certain way has been going on for decades.
• "Understanding" Trump voters is like "understanding" flat earthers, plus bigotry. The root cause is that they're fucking idiots.

All of this sanewashing and wanting to "understand" boils down to one thing: refusal to accept that America, and Americans as a whole, aren't "good." The assumption behind it all is that, well, if this is what the electorate said, there must be a good reason for it, right? America doesn't really want the fascism that they were openly promised and then voted for, do they?

Yeah, they do. America wants fascism. That's where we are. Hanging your hopes on that enough of the people who couldn't be bothered to vote against it are going to suddenly grow spines and put up a successful opposition to it is useless, unless you are personally willing to be part of that opposition, and in a more active way than just protesting or calling elected officials or signing petitions.

Resistance isn't futile, but it's going to be expensive. You will be better off getting prepared now, because shit's about to get real.