It was us, the Boomer gen and those of us at the tail end of that and the lead-in of the next-gen that thoroughly betrayed all who came after us.
We refused to man up and hunt down and extirpate the commiescum among us.
We sat back and watched it grow, fester, and turn whole and entire elements of our society into gangrenous limbs that now have to be severed completely else the entire body politic dies.
“Don’t confront them else you’ll be just like them”. did this.
“Don’t fight back in any meaningful way, that makes you just as evil.” did this.
Accepting “Defeat with Dignity” as a common strategy did this.
Moral cowardice did this.
We did this.
Yes. We let it happen.
Demorats aren't to blame. Schools aren't either. Or media, or TV, or "them," or anything else.
We the American Citizens are.