These things work in cycles. What I mean is that left or right wing ideology will never be permanent.
The sheeple will vote for leftists like Carter until they realize it doesn’t work. At which point they will vote for Reagan.
When they are still poor despite the opportunities they will vote for Carter again.
Of course, maybe the sheeple will one day wake up and realize it doesn’t matter. The POTUS can’t solve all of their problems, they can only make it worse.
They will get off their ass and be the rugged individualists that made America great.
“Years and years of history books have taught us that America was shaped by the great deeds of great men and women. It was not. America was shaped by the great deeds of ordinary men and women. America always has been better than its government, that its people have always been more decent than their presidents, and that the strength and greatness of this nation lies in them, the men and women who are not great and who never will be.”
— Roger Simon