I think the situation is a little more dire than most people realize too. So many folks have been trapped in their echo chambers for so long they would need to be deprogrammed at this point to be able to see the middle-ground. At this point the issues are already spreading beyond Minnesota—California, Illinois, New York. ICE is reporting to have arrested 10,000 alone in the Twin Cities area but local judges are setting quite a number of the criminals free after arrest. Unfortunately ICE is arresting a fair number of innocents as well. I have to find a way to maintain some measure of optimism. This wave of tech coming will be like a tsunami and we'll have one chance to get it right. I totally agree with what you say about the system, it's rotten to the core, and corrupts every candidate it touches.