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Brainwashing is effective. Capital control of mass-media is effective. I would prefer we focused our attention there rather than on the victims of that propaganda.
But if someone genuinely sees the light after the third round, and their first interaction as they're coming to this realization is to be told that the tragedy that has befallen their family is their own fault... not a great feeling.
There's going to be a round 4, 5, 6, etc. of this shit in the US. There will be other versions of this in other countries, too. The more ppl we successfully deprogram after each round of fascist betrayal, the fewer ppl will be vulnerable to the propaganda the next time. It's a never ending job because we keep making new people and the fascists will always be doing propaganda.
I'm frustrated with the incompetence of many people, too. It would be awesome if we could construct some kind of system that would ensure people are well informed before voting.
I fear any such system wouldn't pass the "would I let the fascists do this" test. There is no system involving a test that we can create that they couldn't co-opt to e.g. make a test requiring Christian Nationalist answers. Societal systems need to be made robust against corruption and constantly defended against the same. We can't rely on good people always being in charge, but if we build our systems well, we can get good people in charge more often and weather the storm when we don't.