I don’t think it’s infantilizing to acknowledge that people are strongly influenced by social forces and are products of their environment, including being vulnerable to propaganda. History proves this out many times over.

But I get it, I really do. I’m mad too. I’m just trying to find a peaceful path forward, and I understand that is an increasingly naive tact, but I truly don’t believe that over half the (voting population of) the country are irredeemable monsters. Yes, they are denying the evidence in front of them, but who among us hasn’t in some case big or small when confronted with an inconvenient truth? Especially when your acceptance by your tribe depends on towing the party line? We make movies about people that zig when everyone else zags precisely because they are exceptional.

What I hope to see is a reawakening of peaceful collective action rather than a turn towards violent revolution. Even if power structures are corrupt and deserve to be overturned, revolutions ain’t fun to live through, and they tend not to just hurt the “bad guys”.