I woke up decades back and discussion with peers nearly impossible. You got red pilled from newsletters like Eagle Forum (Phyllis Schafly) but unable to share data except with family and friends. Most not willing to hear it.

Further, the lag between what DC did and you finding out took months if not years. In between you had the newspapers and TV telling you what happened. You often did not find out how corrupt your "conservative" senator was until he'd left office.