Lots of people knew where it would lead, or, at least, the general direction.
They tried to warn us. The John Birch Society is a good example.
They were ridiculed and were claimed to be conspiracy theorists by the Media, which was completely dominated by Progressives.
It was not ignorance which brought us here.
It has been a planned take over by the Progressives, which turned out to be just another power-made group of Leftists.
“Power-mad”, but “power-made” seems somewhat appropriate.
***The John Birch Society is a good example. ***
I remember them and a popular radio song from around 1961 mocking them.
I found their literature to be definitely Pro-American.