Unfortunately there is no going back. The only way out is through. With 95% of college students not knowing that Thomas Jefferson was a president, there is no "going back". Once these kids parents die and there isn't anyone left to pay for their shit, they'll vote their entire inheritance away in taxes then vote themselves more money when they find themselves out of money and work.

There is going to be a civil war, a real one, in the next 50 years, I just don't see any way around it.