Liberals, like their reactionary counterparts, only focus on aesthetics, not any actual change. I keep trying to explain to a few of them how conservatives say the wrong things on purpose. It’s both to flex their muscle (“I have so much power I can lie with zero consequences”) and because they know it makes liberals upset. But then I get deer in headlights followed by:

“OMG Trump such a lying hypocrite! How many abortions do you think he’s paid for?”

“How can people believe there’s microchips in vaccines?”

“My gay family member is a Trump supporter and I told him Trump hates gay people and he said it’s not true and changed the subject!”

…and so on. I then try explaining it again about in-groups, out-groups, and never believe they are unaware of the absurdity of their claims. You have to ignore what they say and push policy past them. Your goals as liberals should be to eradicate conservatives because they sure as shit are trying to do the same.

“But that would be authoritarian! We aren’t Russians!” they cry. And nothing continues to happen, because they think the only solution is to vote harder in the next election.