Did I miss anything I don't appreciate? Oh, yeah, I don't appreciate being lectured to and condescending BS from people demonstrably dumber than my dog.
It doesn’t make sense until one accepts that all the tragedies you list are not the product of stupidity but are instead intentional.
Brandon is doing what The Beast was supposed to do. His is Bammy’s third term the one designed to fulfill his promise to transform the United States.
The prerequisite to transforming the US is destruction of the middleclass. Do this, and all authoritarian outcomes are guaranteed.