Losing can be a consequence, and is a natural risk of free elections. It is not a reason for surrendering, or giving up on that for which one is fighting.
It was socialist John Dewey and his despicable inner circle who introduced the whole word method, which made it difficult for 40% of the population to learn to read. They openly admitted they were preventing children from learning to read until third grade or later, not first grade.
Of course, their real goal was a dumbed-down population.