Anyone who leans to far left or right is un-American. The thing about cult like activity is the willing suspension of disbelief. ( there willingness to believe lies.) the harder reality confronts them, the harder they dig in. When the delusions start to crack is when they become dangerous.
I’m a gen xer. I lived through it. Reaganomics, trickle down system. Shuttering our mental health infrastructure because conservativeness, culture war, don’t tell me he was no neoconservative.