The truth is that intellectualy the USA is an underdeveloped country. Once the uninformed (which is probably half the ooplulation) got access to a megaphone, they’ve drowned the conversation and were able to legitimize a candidate such as trump, which we believed can only get elected in countries featured in Ali G movies. The mentality in Alabama and other states in the south is not that different (to mean enlightened) than many places the west assumes are backwards. The only difference is the language they speak and the false messiah they follow.