He's not the cause, he's the symptom, and we would be going through this even if he had never existed--or if he were replaced tomorrow. It would just be someone else--maybe even a Progressive! There is fascism on the Left, too, look at Cuba and Venezuela.

For whatever the reason, things are going into the toilet, and those really at fault are

1) Trying to avoid the responsibility for it

2) Trying to accumulate as much booty as possible to ensure their
comfort after things get really bad

3) Enlisting the aid of the victims and indoctrinating them so they'll blame someone else for the problem.

4) Making sure the innocent are punished so the guilty can get away with it.