Private citizens past and present have allowed things to get to this point.
The people have been deceived for generations.
"...What country before ever existed a century and half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure..."
-Thomas Jefferson, who's statue was recently removed from NYC City Counsil chambers.