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The first half is true, but I think reversing this would require not having opponents actively working against us, to be possible. Just getting back to where we were in 2015 would take years and years, partially because it will require replacing multiple SCOTUS justices and undoing horrible legal rulings that Congress alone can't overcome.
I think we are either at or past the point of no return, beyond which many of our collective social divisions can be mended. We have 2 wildly divergent cultures in the US which seem incompatible, and they're genuinely completely different societies with different values, customs, social structures, and goals.