That's a very good point. I love seeing how many people on HN assume that, if everyone had access to the knowledge they have, everyone would vote D. Which isn't true and which is precisely the reason why R won. Furthermore, Pew Research has shown a lead of 9 points for D in college-educated population, which isn't very impressive given the dominance of liberalism at colleges.

Overall, it's a hard problem.

[1] http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trump...

I've heard of Breitbart. Isn't that the site that encouraged people to "hoist the Confederate flag high and proud" because the Confederacy was a "patriotic and idealistic cause"? Same one right?

That's the one! Breitbart is all about killing foreigners and hating non-white people, right?

Well that's what the Confederacy was about.

Risible tirades like these is why people don't take you seriously.