Just two decades ago, the mere suggestion of a major presidential candidate proposing socialist policies would have been political suicide. But this year, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, received applause when she unveiled an economic agenda straight out of the socialist playbook, which includes price controls, $25,000 government hand-outs to buy homes, and economy-crushing taxes, to name a few.

This isn’t just a seismic shift in the Democratic Party. It’s a shift in the values that once defined the United States, a country where a growing number of Americans support socialist policies. As a professor, I can tell you the U.S. education system is the root cause of this new reality.