You need to visit Norman Vincent Peale’s works and put on a positive hat for awhile. They may indeed take back the reins, but for now we are making headway.
The main thing is to teach REAL history-not the fake stuff. Real stuff like we study on this thread. And take a page from their playbook - the long view just keep on chipping away a little more each year. JMHO
I'm more a C.S. Lewis type.