The "progressive movement" (a.k.a. communist takeover) in America can be traced back to the 1870s.  That's right, I said the EIGHTEEN-seventies.  (The Wilson Administration, 1913-1921, is simply when the progressive movement started to become mainstream.)

You're very right when you say that we didn't get where we are now overnight.  The socialist-progressive-democrats are masters of inter-generational warfare.  The leadership at any given point in the history of the movement doesn't care if they realize the final goal on their watch, only that they accomplish the next step on their watch.

This of course raises the question of precisely which "next step" Harry the Asshat, Nanny Psychosi, and the Frosh Prince of Bill Ayers intend to see accomplished while they still have the controls.