Also, as a data point I don't recall any point in Trump 1 where things got better. They only got worse and worse, peaking on the last day.

I don't want this to happen, but I think this has to, and will, get far far worse before it gets better.

The people driving this don't care about politics or winning elections.

And the people in power that do care about those things are either too complicit or too cowardly to do anything.

Voting against fascism may not work, so they obviously should be pragmatic and vote for it.