i dont think it should demoralize you. it just means gatekeeping is necessary. and it should help you appreciate that yes, most people are "sheep" but that increidbly small groups can hijack other groups. you can use it for good or evil. i think the magical, missing link from all human cultures that creates this rotting stench is we lack a necessary part in the alchemy of our culture: shaming and humiliating people who take advantage of other's empathy and humanity.

The more people's humanity, kindness and compassion are exploited and taken advantage of, the more you humiliate people's compassion out of them and make them feel stupid for even giving it to the world. and then they slowly turn into conservatives. im a liberal but liberalism is way too open minded. we need to start guarding people's hearts when they start opening them up to others.