At the risk of infuriating the few I haven't already today, if you're watching what happened in America and thinking "oh, we should just put our heads down and keep doing what we're doing" then you're giving up the single advantage we have.

Forewarning.

If you're mad at me because I'm screaming "let's learn from what we watched happen in America and what is already starting to happen in Canada and nip it in the bud" because it will destroy people's "hope" then you and I use different tools to navigate reality.

I think Trump won in 2016 because of vote splitting/purity testing.

I think once you let this stuff take root it's like an invasive weed.

We need to keep the weed out of the garden because no, all the good plants don't learn a lesson and reject the weed the next spring.