A big part of our problems in the US is not funding, but the rampant corruption and incompetence by local, state, and federal governments. We spend more per capita on education, healthcare, and defense than just about any other country in the world and we are falling behind in all of them. Why? Because more and more of the money is being stolen by the elites and bureaucrats. There’s always a certain amount of grifting and corruption by the elite of a country, but it’s got to the point where basic services are falling apart and the ruling class is completely out of touch with regular people.
“Wokeness” didn’t just came out of nowhere, it was brought out to counter class grievances after the 2008 crash. They want people separated by race, class, sex, and sexual orientation. If people realized they have more in common with someone who looks different but has the same resources than someone who looks the same with more resources, they would know that they’ve been lied to for decades and have been getting screwed over and over.