Those people who just avoid news and social media are generally much happier people - they're also the people who refuse to educate themselves enough to know what's even going on. They've relegated it to "It's nastier politics, it happened in the past, it'll happen again, it's kinda bad now, I know that I can't say anything good about Trump or wear a red hat, OK, that's all I need to know, I'm going back to my life now."

It's part of how amazing America is. Really. It can be this polarized and still 50% of people won't vote. As long as they're not aware of how the bad shit is affecting their lives and can pretend it isn't, then it's all fine. And for them, they go work their job, continue on as if nothing major is happening - because it really isn't happening for them. America is such a place that this much bad shit can be happening and people can still get away with ignoring almost all of it completely. There's something so unique and amazing and bizarre about the American experiment that it's just enthralling.