The right-wingers do not want a less powerful government. They simply want the government to do all the things they like and not do all the things they don't like. This is how they can justify invading women's wombs and gay couples' relationships.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.