The American electorate yearned for hell.

As an atheist, I disagree with your first thesis and fully support your second.

This is why I’ve become so much more capital-R Religious since the election. Not more devout or faithful (I’m likely worse— been feeling lots of wrath lately!), but I’m convinced that many of these people aren’t just lacking in virtue, they’re willing agents of Evil. Loyal servants of the Adversary.

Yes there is: people are stupid and selfish

The insitutions that prevented this have been eroded and destroyed