Camille Paglia has always been a liberal I respected.
Leftists targeted education from the 1960’s on.
Coupled with the Ministry of Propaganda weaving their “narrative” into everything from news to entertainment they have brain-washed millions.
Taught them to hate their own country.
It started during the Vietnam War. Protestors “won” when we abandoned Vietnam and, unknown to many, an estimated one million died.
That “success” set a course for many including education. The difference from the Great Generation as teachers and those that followed are why we see the results today.
Progressives have been targeting education since prior to 1900. So have the socialists.
Making socialists out of college students; a story of professors and other collegians who hobnob with radicals.
https://archive.org/details/MakingSocialistsOutOfCollegeStudentsAStoryOfProfessorsAndOther
We make a grave mistake by limiting our view to the 1960s and it's a big reason why we keep getting defeated.