Many of these actions are explicitly about culture wars, most visibly the actions against trans people. There is no way to explain that in terms of taxes. I ca

Many of these actions are explicitly about culture wars, most visibly the actions against trans people. There is no way to explain that in terms of taxes. I can attempt empathy for their fear of trans people, but I don't know what to do with it. Their fear is inculcated by a vast propaganda machine, to which they are deeply wedded. Maybe over a few decades they will see that trans people simply aren't harming them, but it's not clear whether my empathy today will have any beneficial effect on that. Everything they call "woke" is about culture wars rather than taxes, and there's a lot in that category. There have been many, many calls for "understanding" their position in the culture war over the last few decades, but it has only gotten louder and more virulent. I think we may simply need to accept that we do understand them, but that what they want is simply unacceptable. That's an impasse, and it won't be resolved by empathy.