After $event$, $bad_political_ideology$, who had been on the right side of $event$, got enormous power. This eventually percolated in the education system, and now $country$ is left with a few generations that have been force fed $bad_ideas$ propaganda from an early age.
Combine that with a more ancient bend for $historical_ideology$ and $class_system_perspective$ and you have the current situation. Very powerful $group$ who can lock down $action$, and a population who polls to the $wrong_side$ of $example_country_on_wrong_side$ in terms of political opinions.
Ce pays est foutu.