Yeah, makes sense. You've all probably encountered the same discussion:
"Obama is weak!"
"That Putin, now he's a strong leader!"
And more endless praise for Putin for being a strong "alpha male".
A friend of mine often praised Trump for being so "alpha" and saying and doing whatever he wanted with disregard for others.
"Trumps going to beef up out military and pump more money into it and make us strong again".
You can be an intelligent person, but also at the same time be incredibly ignorant of history, and due to that fail to see how figures like Trump can absolutely fuck things up, as has happened time and time again in the past.
Also, I think we in the USA have lived in times of relative stability and surplus for so long that we fail to realize that this is not the norm. We could very well find ourselves living in utter poverty starving and scrounging for change to feed our families. Weve become so used living in a wealthy first world country that we've taken this lifestyle for granted, believing it to be the default state of affairs when it's not and things could very well change should our elected officials steer us down that dark path.
You aren't doing it wrong if no one knows what you are doing.