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Like I said:

> Beware of falling victim to the easy dismissal of 'more people are less rational and/or less informed than before', a variant of 'this person who doesn't agree with me must be less rational and/or less informed than me'.

Your explanation doesn't actually explain any difference in root cause between now and a mere 5 years ago, so it doesn't explain the difference in behavior.

Something else must be different. Try asking some of the folks you "oppose" what it might be.