Since 1906, when the Republic came under assault, America has had many precise warnings about the future. How many times did Ronald Reagan, for example, precisely describe the potential for a headlong slide into tyranny based on the actions being taken by the marxists/statists who ruled us and the continual inaction of the majority of the American people.
Let me see...When the water gets to a full boil, do the frogs ever get out?
Only if the pot gets kicked over...
Any optimism I have is based primarily on large stores of ammo, food, gold, clothes, and medicines and the knowledge that my grandchildren (who are all, except one, in their mid-20's) know where it is and how to make use of it.
I think the only thing the conservatives can do to give back any real chance of a long term future for the Republic is every conservative family pull its children out of public dchools and home school them or send them to parochial schools or carefully vetted private schools.