I guess some folks are finally waking up and realizing what has been going on. Having taught in the public schools for years, I could tell you that a revolution was taking place, but people do NOT listen. So, they get what they deserve.
You said it. Institutional madness for decades while patriot napped under the tree of liberty and never watered it. We may have cost ourselves the lives of our kids, or grandkids in the future. We may or may not be around to see the price of our laxity.