Happened to me in the public dchools as a teacher back in the day and almost no one cared. Seems like everyone (all sides) are about to face a reckoning for not sranding up for what is right. Dad said repeatedly, "People get the kind of government they deserve." Now, I SEE.
I learned it early in the corporate world—in a non political context.
When senior managers were idiots they did not like to be proven to be fools.
After I got fired a couple of times (in my 20s) I got the message.