You're right. It remains alive, in our own little fantasy land. But being alive in our head is much different than it working for us in reality. Oath to the Constitution? Dead, or at the very least, completely meaningless. Otherwise, this garbage wouldn't be happening. See tagline.
The Left has managed to slowly and stealthy erode our Free Constitutional Republic like a disease that is not felt, like cancer, maybe for a long time.
But unlike you, I think with the help of Divine Providence we’ll see our way out of this.
BTW, the God-given desire and longing for freedom from government coercion is not a “fantasy”. America’s history especially in the 1800’s is not a “fantasy”. It is a fact. 1800’s America was one of the freest periods of a society in history.
We, like the colonists of 1776, again are challenged to fight for our God-given right to freedom. Many have and will die to be free of man’s oppression through dictatorial and totalitarian government. It’s definitely not over as the Lying Left would have you believe.