Republicans are reeling from the massive electoral defeat they’ve just suffered. Some argue that emboldened Democrats will inevitably overreach, handing Republicans the presidency and Congress in two years.

Perhaps.

But the most troubling implications of this election are long-term. Americans voted for avowed socialists. And they supported a candidate whose family has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

That’s more than a political problem. It’s an educational and cultural one.

For decades, our schools and our culture have taught generations of Americans that their country is irredeemably flawed, that creating wealth is morally suspect, and that government should redistribute what some have earned to others.

The consequences of those lessons are now becoming clear at the ballot box.

We have work to do.

Because unless we change what Americans are taught — and the stories our culture tells — this election may be only the beginning.