AR,
haha, showing your age there! not just one, but two generations of get-off-my-lawnism! :-)
frankly i think the one-third of dumbasses have always existed. the only reason why they're getting louder is because 1.) the system itself is badly broken and in constant paralysis, 2.) the Internet gives every dumbass a huge loudspeaker.
much of our current-day issues simply stems from the fact that it now requires supermajorities in Congress + the executive for -any- legislative movement. this is prime space for populists and fascists promising to sweep all the deadwood away.
Turkey Fan,
I lay this ignorance at the feet of the complete lack of civics education in our schools. We are reaping the harvest of our pivot to everything STEM and dropped civics/history/poli sci from our school curriculums. Our public school textbooks across the nation are designed and approved by the Texas State School Board...Texas gets to do this because they buy so many books they skew the market.
We have raised 2 generations of citizens who do not know what that word means.
I lay this ignorance at the feet of the complete lack of civics education in our schools. We are reaping the harvest of our pivot to everything STEM and dropped civics/history/poli sci from our school curriculums. Our public school textbooks across the nation are designed and approved by the Texas State School Board...Texas gets to do this because they buy so many books they skew the market.
We have raised 2 generations of citizens who do not know what that word means.
frankly i think the one-third of dumbasses have always existed. the only reason why they're getting louder is because 1.) the system itself is badly broken and in constant paralysis, 2.) the Internet gives every dumbass a huge loudspeaker.
much of our current-day issues simply stems from the fact that it now requires supermajorities in Congress + the executive for -any- legislative movement. this is prime space for populists and fascists promising to sweep all the deadwood away.
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