I agree with you. Not sure if you have seen some of my posts, but my biggest gripe with MAGA is the opportunity cost.
The demographics and culture are changing for the U.S. Whites are the only group that had a majority vote for Rs, all other groups voted for D (60% to 80%). People under 30 were +28 on the D side. Historically, people grow more conservative as they get older but this isn't proving true for this generation because all they have seen is trillions spent on useless wars, two recessions, a pandemic, student debt, and living in their parent's basements because they are underemployed and housing seems out of reach for them. So, it's likely they will be pushing for free money and socialism because to them, the game looks rigged. By 2028, I read that millennials and Gen z will make up a majority of the electorate. By 2045, whites will be a minority.
So, how do we avoid sharp turn to the left? By fixing the system and making it work for everyone. Instead, we have this MAGA group of uneducated white men pushing for riots, insurrections, gerrymandering, anti-democracy rhetoric ("stop the steal") to keep power and impose their will on the rest of the country. The winner takes all mentality is a losing strategy when you are not going to be the winner in the next decade. If nothing, else MAGA is energizing a whole bunch of Gen Z to accelerate to the left out of disgust for the values that Trump, Boebert, MTG, and Walker represent. With shit candidates and repulsive values and behavior, how do we get people to value personal responsibility, freedom, hard work, innovation, etc? The stupidity of the movement is alienating a ton of reasonable people and shifting the debate away from legitimate issues and pragmatic solutions. Saw a tweet from a Republican that summarized the midterms with "Fix policies later, fix crazy now". MAGA and Trump have become a huge distraction that is holding our country back. We need to move on and get back to actually fixing problems instead of trying to "own the libs".