Excellent post!
As a tangent, I grew up riding dirt bikes in the 70's and still follow the sport of Motocross to this day with other similarly aged former riders and racers from the 70's. Invariably, we use Facebook and various Groups on Facebook to keep in touch with our beloved sport.
To a "T", none of these guys ever went to college.
In fact, they were lucky to make it thru their local high school.
And also to a "T", they are Trump supporters.
And 95% of them are also racists, misogynists, and highly homophobic.
Their reading comprehension is stuck at the 6th grade level and they eat up Conspiracy Theories about our government like it's an all-you-can-eat-buffet. Everything is about how you can't trust the govt. Everything is about the Deep State putting a man down. 9/11 was an inside job. So was the death of Charlie Kirk.
But one thing rings even more true for me over time.
The "apple" doesn't fall too far from the "tree".
The lack of basic education in this country is truly troubling.
It's only going to lead to more haves and more have-nots.