Honestly, I think plain old sanity needs to prevail on some level to counteract the direction the US (and lots of the Western world) have been heading. And currently, sanity is taking the really weird form of Donald Trump and a lot of people are rallying behind him oddly. Do I like him? No, he's a weird dude and triggers a bunch of my own personal alarm bells. But if this is the only thing sanity can muster, then so be it. Obviously debate, processes, laws (!!), and discussions are not working (just look at the Biden thread happening right now on HN). Heck, one could arguably say that democratic processes such as majority-rule are also not working.

What exactly do you want a rational person to do? We have actual laws that are racist, and at the same time we have laws that are selectively enforced and ignored for political purposes. In that sort of environment, we're in the same field as dictatorships and when it comes time to protecting oneself and family, anything goes.

See where the debate is right now: You claim he might appoint his Son in Law as a form of nepotism. The other side counters with "but look at Hunter Biden, etc" and "Look how Biden appointed unqualified DEI hires, etc". It's all marketing spin, and we have no idea what's really happening. We're relying on trust and hearsay with N-levels of interpretation and motives to get to the truth.