I agree. We've inherited a country that has, by and large, completely abrogated any responsibility to educate our citizens. As such we've got a growing education gap at least as wide as our income gap.

The result is that a lot of stuff that would have to be more subtle or more carefully timed just works in the US. But we're seeing similar conservative playbooks on Hungary and Poland on an incredible timetable. The EU isn't well equipped to deal with countries that cheerfully dismantle their own constitution.