Well they have even less than 0 economics knowledge because the things they know aren’t true/real so it’s probably best to just save your breath because they won’t find the evidence persuasive. They could start by looking at corporate earnings per share under blue vs red administrations but they won’t or will just handwaive.

Well sure human nature exists but there’s also professionalism - unfortunately in many parts of the country these people take an intelligence test to screen out the high scorers.

Yeah im a huge nerd and techno-weenie but this is just creepy abuser behavior and a major red flag if it wasn’t consented to im advance