Great post;comments;thread. Lots of lessons to be learned here.
DEFUND socialist collectives, foreign and domestic. DISMANTLE UNaccountable bureaucracies (more socialism). DON’T vote or spend yourself into bankruptcy.
How about automatic life/death sentences for elected politicians convicted of embezzlement, bribery, etc., etc.
We need to make it toxic for these totalitarians to touch OPM (Other Peoples Money)
That's tough. The incentives are there and so is human nature. The electorate wants to believe in something for nothing.
The only solution I see is to undo government education. That said I cannot see it happening quickly. Utah rejected vouchers just a few years ago.
We need to approach government education like we do abortion or gun control. Show the damage it does. Why is there so much un/underemployment? Bad educational outcomes - poor K-12, dumb useless degrees exacerbated by government loans and high tuition. You're poor, young person, because of government.
That's the only way.