The decline began in ernest during the 60’s with Leftists Charles Mandate n, Sal Alinsky, Bill Ayers and Henry Marcuse
“ Marcuse argued that to become a truly liberated society and to realize the objective of tolerance we must be “intolerant toward prevailing policies, attitudes, [and] opinions” but tolerant to dissident, subversive, and revolutionary policies, attitudes, and opinions. This exactly describes the conditions on campuses today and what is described as “cancel culture” in society at large.”
Some people just want to watch the world burn.