I really don’t want to bring up how ppl seem very unwilling (according to various polls) to discuss their political beliefs or affilition, but I think that is a major contributor to all the chaos that’s happening right now. Not sure how widespread it is but I’ve heard horror stories of ppl getting fired for even appearing to challenge consensus (iirc this has been over the george floyd protests this summer, at the very least) or even losing their insurance over stating their political beliefs. I can easily see ppl going, ‘if I can’t be allowed to express my views, why should you?’ And basically censoring or attacking left-leaning ppl just bc.