For sure, I think being old and tired is some of it. But on the other hand they are constantly enraged over some perceived threat to America posed by Democrats

For sure, I think being old and tired is some of it. But on the other hand they are constantly enraged over some perceived threat to America posed by Democrats. They have not cast a vote for anyone without an R next to their name in 50 years. They care very much about the future insofar as it shouldn’t look anything like “left coast ideas spreading.” And in the same breath they can acknowledge that climate change may doom us all. They would rather the world burn than a hated ideology gain one inch. Unfortunately this sort of mindset is quite normal where I live.