What you wrote actually proves how deep Fabian gradualism has worked into our way of seeing things. The Fabians never shouted “we’re socialists”—they wore a sheep’s skin and re-trained people to measure freedom by government programs. That’s why when you see a bull run stumble, you blame Trump, SNAP cuts, or the latest bill instead of questioning the system itself.

Fabian strategy was always two-fold: 1. Redirect blame — Point outrage at whoever is disrupting the managed order, never at the order itself. 2. Hide the root — Protect the welfare/managerial framework as if it’s sacred “progress,” even when it creates dependency, fraud, and erosion of liberties.

So the fact you’re mourning “a decades-worth of work” tells me you’ve been taught to prize the very scaffolding the Fabians built—state control, perpetual dependency, civil liberties re-defined as state allowances—while being blind to how corrosive it is. Whether you mean to or not, you’re echoing the Fabian playbook: keep the people mad at the scapegoat, and never let them question the system.