That there are so many people in this country who are so wildly ignorant enough to follow the political left over the cliff is not a shock; the public schools in Democrat-controlled cities have essentially been “ignorant factories” for decades. Manufacturing a mis-educated voting base is the surest way to ensure uninterrupted power, and it sure beats the hell out of having to try to argue in favor of the garbage Democrats advocate for.
But the 2024 election showed that the firewall of ignorance has some pretty big holes in it. Donald Trump won a higher percentage of the black and Hispanic vote than Democrats could overcome with the one demographic they grew in: the AWFULs – Affluent, White, Female, Urban, Liberals.
AWFULs aren’t ignorant, per se – though they are – they operate out of a combination of arrogance and ignorance. They are like teenagers, convinced they know everything and aren’t interested in learning that they do not. While most people grow out of that phase, AWFULs marinate in it and never move on.