Yes.

The repubs lost their battles, and decided they wanted to win at all costs. They had people show up to vote, vote in a bloc, volunteer for lower level positions, join multiple different organizations and basically organized them to dismantle the country.

If people can be driven to do that, then its not much to assume that at least a few more people could have done the same thing.

> They've been toiling hard for decades while getting poorer and poorer

This is, by every metric, completely wrong. We have never been wealthier.

That's just laughable for entire generations of people, like Soviet headlines of how food production is beating all records while the store shelves are empty. People are getting absolutely murdered on rents and real estate inflation. If you're a landlord or can leverage your real estate, then good for you. You have never been wealthier.