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You, in this case, is singular. Why are you using are?!
It turns out, "the issues this causes for clarity in language" don't actually matter, and it doesn't cause any issues. It's perfectly clear "you" and "they" here are singular, despite the plural grammar. It is not confusing, as you clearly proved in your own comment by using "you are."
Why does no one in this topic under the difference between second and third person? The rules are not the same between these, stop acting like this is a gotcha, you're just proving your own ignorance on the topic.
But that's not the reason for "you are!" It's because you used to be plural! We stopped using it for plural and it's exclusively singular now, yet it maintains the plural grammar.
It used to be "thou art" for second person singular and "you are" for second person plural. Now it's "you are" for second person singular and usually "you all/y'all are" or "you guys are," but sometimes "you are," for second person plural. "They are" is in good company.
Grammar and language are made up. Stop arguing about the rules and just use it in the way that's useful for communication with your contemporaries, or if you are going to argue about "maintaining the purity of the rules" then start using "thou art" for second person plural, so your peers can understand you.