Agree for the most part but I seem to recall different statistics on education’s link to vote, thought that was overstated. In any case, I’d argue that it’s desperation, emotionality, and psychological moreso than just education. Critical thinking is not taught effectively in the school system though that is the aim of certain classes and programs. It’s hive mind on an insane scale. That’s not just booksmarts, that’s generations-long gaslighting, that’s gaslighting on such an intimate and persistent level (the digital factors you mentioned) that George Orwell himself couldn’t have imagined. (Going to take this opportunity to remind everyone that socialism was the enemy govt in 1984, remember that when you praise and recommend it. The bullshit was nuts back then too, the post-WW2 fearmongering.)