When politics become increasingly polarized, the critical faculties of each "side" become easier to provoke and manipulate. People just want their own opinions reflected back at them and they're clearly willing to part with their money as a show of tribute.
Look at this forum. You could post just about anything and as long as it's racist and brain-dead enough, the vast majority here would slurp it right up without giving it a second thought.
I remember this guy from r/conspiracy. One of the absolute dumbest QAnon cultist retards around. I don’t think he was American. I can see himself having a nervous breakdown since the entire “Great Awakening” was proven to be a sham.