Recently came across this video that I thought was very well done. It has a similar thesis and goes into some more details about the 'why' in terms of direction, shot composition, etc.
Lol, many, many people knew that fascism would come from within and warned as such. Coincidentally, Sinclair Lewis wrote a book titled "It Can't Happen Here" in 1935 about how a fascist would come to power in America. It's been a while since I read it, but I recall it having some eerily similar parallels to Trump's rise to power.
The way to remedy that is to educate the population, raise awareness of the deeper causes of popular issues (both domestic and foreign), increase political involvement in the citizenry, and discourage political apathy.
Did your candidate and their party do this to a level that is acceptable to you?
Does "vote blue no matter who" aid in accomplishing this?
When democrats are interested in a "united front" against fascism I will gladly vote for them. Unfortunately allowing and funding a genocide and, running on having "the most lethal military in the world" don't really strike me as antifascist.
I've gotta know what the conversation with the wife was like. Is she also an Evangelion fan? Did he just float 'Rei' as a unique name?