What you said....
Many have unwittingly embraced this very self-destructive philosophy.
What proof do you need? We used to have tariffs, sound money, and an America first trade policy. We used to make everything. Our economy was the envy of the world. Now, we are considered suckers by countries hungry for our markets using the same tactics we used in the past. We truly are nation which has forgotten our history.
... We truly are nation which has forgotten our history.
Yup ... And we had help forgetting from the enemy within. In the late 1800's the Fabian society came to the conclusion that global communism could not defeat the US through violent means. A subtler approach was needed. Their cultural heir in the early 1900's came out of the Frankfurt School in the form of Cultural Marxism aka political correctness. One of the institutions they have 'marched through' is education.
Free PDF from Charlotte Iserbyt's
web site:
The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America
Another institution is the media.