The idea about middle-class families and people in most US cities and states isn’t irrational. For example, even though I come from a regular lower-middle-class family, my strong mental and political independence helps protect me from being influenced by pro-war, pro-capitalism, pro-Israel mainstream media, as well as churches, educational institutions, professionals like lawyers and doctors, and even everyday people.

 The idea about middle-class families and people in most US cities and states isn’t irrational. For example, even though I come from a regular lower-middle-class family, my strong mental and political independence helps protect me from being influenced by pro-war, pro-capitalism, pro-Israel mainstream media, as well as churches, educational institutions, professionals like lawyers and doctors, and even everyday people.

Most of my family members aren’t very well-informed and don’t have the time or interest to learn about how the oligarchic, plutocratic world has operated for thousands of years. They’re part of the traditional religious-moralist middle class in America, living a lifestyle filled with toys, gadgets, trips to Walmart and shopping malls, eating fast food, watching mainstream movies, and enjoying big comfortable houses, SUVs, and green lawns. Because of the life they lead and the information they consume, they’ve been completely conditioned to support Trump and the libertarian, consumerist philosophy embraced by both the Republican and Democratic parties, which share the pro-Ayn Rand ideology of the Republican Party.

My close family—my sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts, cousins, and so on—are so deeply influenced by this monstrous machine that I avoid talking politics with them. They often defend much of what Trump, with the backing of Democrats, is doing to the world.

I don’t think the real problem is brainwashing or mind manipulation. I believe the main reason why so many traditional Americans continue to support Trump, Democrats, Israel, U.S. imperialism, oligarchic capitalism, and wars is their relatively comfortable middle-class lifestyle.   

There is a book called "Nihilist Communism" https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/monsieur-dupont-nihilist-communism I think there’s some truth to the idea that protesting, rebelling, or revolting against what’s seen as the “monster axis of evil” — including the USA, Israel, oligarchies, the Pentagon, and others — is ultimately pointless and even flawed in logic. The reasoning is that as long as people have food in their refrigerators and kitchens, systems like capitalism, U.S. imperialism, Zionism, and the dominant political classes, whether Democrats or Republicans, will remain powerful. Meanwhile, ordinary people will stay weak, making it nearly impossible to witness a true anti-capitalist, anti-Zionist, anti-oligarchic revolution in America or anywhere else in the world.

The main idea of the book "Nihilist Communism" is that only severe hunger and hardship can ignite real revolutions of the starving majority against the wealthy elite. It argues that, for genuine revolutionaries, the best approach right now is to do nothing and simply wait until the masses are truly starving and suffering.

I think this is true, which is why people in the USA earning more than $12 or $15 per hour, or something in that range, are unlikely to support a violent revolution against the ruling class.

That’s why I’ve been considering starting a movement in the USA for people earning less than 12 dollars an hour as the main requirement to join. I believe that as long as basic needs are met, there won’t be enough motivation among the masses to push for a violent revolution.