One of the reasons I am on Saidit is to see how often comments like yours are posted. The comment here uses standard Fox News talking points which make full use of false equivalence, whataboutism, false analogies, affirming the consequent, and insults to try to twist the original arguments into something they aren't and then to establish dominance. Much of what you note here favors an authoritarian discorse promoted by the Republicans, Fox, Sinclaire, and others, to get people to turn against anyone and anything that favors democracy and the control by the 99%, instead of the 1%. Authoritarians like the Trump admin., Putin, &c try to fool the population into believing that only they know what's best for the 99%, and that questioning these authoritarians is somehow against the 99%. The reasons 30% of the US want to believe this nonsense relate to personal issues, racisim, peer pressure, right-wing news media, and other factors that do not necessarily relate to intelligence or education, though the latter two are also in quesiton much of the time. The indoctrination of this 30% began in Reagan's second term, and has progressed since then. It's a divisive approach by Republicans that gets them elected much of the time. Their policies - which are socialist handouts for the 1%, at the expense of the 99% - would not otherwise get them elected by the 99%. Best to constantly lie to the public, as Trump has done (20,000+ lies in 4 years), and indoctrinate them with these lies, then try to convince them that "trickle down theory" actually works. And now, with the declining middle-class in the US, the 2/3rds of the economy supported by purchases is collapsing, because it's difficult for the 99% to afford anything. Everyone loses.