Don’t diss them so soon. A slap across the face is a big wake up to most. It’s doubtful they’ll be fooled again.
Doesn’t work that way in reality.
That whole “mugged by reality” thing? That wasn’t about conservatives. That was about “neo-conservatives”. Leftists that can’t admit it to themselves that they are leftists.
A critter wont change its spots. It’s a whole lot less rational reasoning than people suppose. It’s bone deep and to the death.
The only thing that changes, in reality, is the letter they vote for, not what they vote for or what they want.
Locusts. Destroyed where they were and now want someplace else to settle and destroy.