"They were educated and literate and knew what they were doing and what was happening"

can be hard, it's happening right now, and a lot of people are really all in, love it. or ignoring it, or sinking into streaming services to distract themselves.

Take your average house frau today, and they think Trump rounding people up is just good old law and order.

People aren't thinking everything through, that's how the overwhelming distractions work.