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Yes. The elites want to keep us on the edge of sustainability and at each other's throats in order to keep us from seeing what's right in front of our eyes. They build their empires on our backs. They exploit us and take the fruits of our labor and sell them back to us at unaffordable prices. You resorting to thought terminating cliches, insinuating I'm a Russian bot or troll is playing right into that.
I'm not your enemy. I'm a person who has a different perspective than you. I think you're a potential ally in the coming struggle, and I don't hate you for not sharing my ideology.
"What should I do that's different?"
First, arm yourself and train. Second, educate yourself. Third organize.
This system is collapsing, and that collapse is accelerating. It would be in your interest to prepare for that.
You should read political and economic philosophy. If you can't articulate why someone would be attracted to Trump without resorting to insults you could probably use a little exposure to things outside your comfort zone. I'd recommend reading "A people's history of the United States" by Howard Zinn to see how the elites in this country have employed propaganda and force to suppress movements that dare to threaten the ruling class (and the atrocities we commit overseas in order to prop up our empire.) After that, the classics of the left have some pretty good ideas for how to organize a society.
Organize. Join or form a union. Participate in mutual aid networks. Learn what prefiguration is and try your best to help prepare for what comes after. Build networks both on and offline and share ideas, challenge each other.
Question your own beliefs and ideology. Try to look at them with fresh eyes. Follow them to their logical conclusions.
"If anyone is playing into anybody's hands to undermine democracy"
Friend, democracy was undermined in this country before it ever had a chance to get off the ground. It was founded to pursue the interests of white land and slave owning rich men and hasn't changed much in the intervening time.
The "good" thing is that capitalism is unsustainable and will collapse under its own weight - we just have to hope it does so before it kills us all and that we still have a chance to salvage the planet.