Paul will be looked back on in 100 years as a guy who tried to bring back something the PLANET abandoned 100 years before him.
Not "a lot". People began to wake up, yes. But there are vast majorities still out there sleep walking. They will get a cold bucket of water in the face soon enough, when either inflation or default ends up being the end of their freebies.
We used to have a Republic, which works much better. But then the bleeding heart pussies came along and insisted everyone be allowed to vote. Whether they had skin in the game or not.