Once upon a time, elders were generally respected members of society because they had lived long enough to gain some wisdom. For many, including some of the oldest citizens in America, that time must seem like a fairy tale. A culture increasingly bereft of morals has turned liberal American cities into sites of squalor. The people who choose to live in these cities — or have no other choice — are victimized not only by the thugs and punks that steal, kill and destroy, but by the government itself. In California, for example, victims of crimes are now the ones who face punishment. Earlier thi…