> not because I have a crystal ball, but because my church is filled with Hispanics and I learned so much about how they think politically and so much of the nuanced perspectives within their community by listening to them, meanwhile the Democrats think almost entirely in terms of identity politics.
Identity politics (specifically, religiously motivated anti-LGBTQ politics), dislike of poorer, more recently arrived Hispanics from Central America, and the high rate of business ownership among middle-class Hispanic Americans were significant factors in their vote swinging to Trump.
> Before emigrating to the U.S., my parents and my family lived under real authoritarian regimes, under which family members were ... and even killed for their political viewpoints
You have missed a lot of American history if you don't think people have been killed here for their political viewpoints. Many Americans don't want to move in the direction of the countries you describe, but plenty of people who voted for (and some who work in) the current administration actually do.
Identity politics (specifically, religiously motivated anti-LGBTQ politics), dislike of poorer, more recently arrived Hispanics from Central America, and the high rate of business ownership among middle-class Hispanic Americans were significant factors in their vote swinging to Trump.
> Before emigrating to the U.S., my parents and my family lived under real authoritarian regimes, under which family members were ... and even killed for their political viewpoints
You have missed a lot of American history if you don't think people have been killed here for their political viewpoints. Many Americans don't want to move in the direction of the countries you describe, but plenty of people who voted for (and some who work in) the current administration actually do.