I couldn’t have stated what was in your last couple of paragraphs any better.
It grieves me to say it. I preferred when I was a young ignorant liberal who thought the press was fair, the judiciary was fair and the corrupt politicians were few and far between. But then I was stupid and didn’t make the best voting decisions, but my ignorance was preferable to knowing how deeply corrupt our nation has become, how thoroughly we have been infiltrated by communists and other external enemies, and how little power we have to stop what is happening.
I hope Trump can get elected and just slow it down a few years.