Current political discourse certainly doesn’t help either.

Yes, things are going to shit (at least in the US) at speed. Getting upset at some random person (or even a large group) who might believe some dumb shit isn’t going to change anything. The people pulling the strings listen to the money, not to the masses and their beliefs, no matter how righteous or horrendous those beliefs might be.

And even if the people who believed stupid shit were the root cause of all the problems, unless you legitimately plan to eliminate them, you will at some point have to learn to interact with them to move things forward. You can’t just bully Trump voters into submission. They practically get off on that idea that they’re somehow the underdog. And like most people, they’re people. Not horrid monstrous troglodytes 100% through and through.