Because most Americans do not understand how our government even works, should their be a mandate...

[Mac1958]

Why in the world should we expect Americans to know this stuff?

It might hurt their "feelings" to find out that they're ignorant on something. It might "trigger" them via a "microaggression" and we'd need to make more "safe spaces".

Plus, the Constitution is a flawed document written by rich white slave rapists and should be tossed out anyway.

And we know America is a racist, greedy, horrible country that was stolen from the Indians and Mexico and needs to be brought down a few pegs for its sins.

Hey, wow, whose shoes are Kim Kardashian wearing in that Instagram photo? Are you going to the protest today?
.

 

[Cellblock2429]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

/----/ The purpose of schooling used to be to teach us how to think and learn on our own. If an adult is too lazy to read about civics then it's their problem. But I agree the lack of knowledge is appalling

 

[rightwinger]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

For the most part, it has little impact on your ability to vote and be a citizen. Not understanding the nuances of a filibuster or Presidential veto has little to do with your day to day life

All you need to know is this candidate represents my views better than the other. What the details of his job are once he is elected are of lesser importance

 

[rightwinger]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

The problem is in order to understand politics, you have to be interested in it like anything else. Trying to teach somebody about something they could care less about is not going to solve the problem.

It takes a lot of time to actually understand what's going on; time people won't dedicate or perhaps time people don't have.

For me, I wake up to talk radio on my alarm clock, from there, I get ready for work and get on this internet to discuss politics most times. I get in my car and drive to work with politics talk on. I get to work and get in my truck and listen to talk shows all day. After work, I go back home listening to politics, get dinner ready and spend another few hours here or reading the news.

Most people don't have my kind of day. If they listen to the radio, it's music. When they turn on their television, it's entertainment. When they get on the internet, it's a variety of things.

I'm not much of a sports fan or movie watcher. Politics just happens to be my thing. Now I don't care if people are not interested in politics like I am, I care that those people vote which we shouldn't allow in this country. I think before you vote, you should have to take a short and simple test to see if you have even the slightest knowledge about politics and policies. I think Republicans would be all for it, but Democrats would scream bloody murder because they depend on the politically ignorant. It's why all your lower income inner cities vote Democrat.

I firmly believe that some bum living under an overpass has as much a right to vote as a CEO. He still should decide who best represents his interests

 

[Cellblock2429]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

The problem is in order to understand politics, you have to be interested in it like anything else. Trying to teach somebody about something they could care less about is not going to solve the problem.

It takes a lot of time to actually understand what's going on; time people won't dedicate or perhaps time people don't have.

For me, I wake up to talk radio on my alarm clock, from there, I get ready for work and get on this internet to discuss politics most times. I get in my car and drive to work with politics talk on. I get to work and get in my truck and listen to talk shows all day. After work, I go back home listening to politics, get dinner ready and spend another few hours here or reading the news.

Most people don't have my kind of day. If they listen to the radio, it's music. When they turn on their television, it's entertainment. When they get on the internet, it's a variety of things.

I'm not much of a sports fan or movie watcher. Politics just happens to be my thing. Now I don't care if people are not interested in politics like I am, I care that those people vote which we shouldn't allow in this country. I think before you vote, you should have to take a short and simple test to see if you have even the slightest knowledge about politics and policies. I think Republicans would be all for it, but Democrats would scream bloody murder because they depend on the politically ignorant. It's why all your lower income inner cities vote Democrat.

I firmly believe that some bum living under an overpass has as much a right to vote as a CEO. He still should decide who best represents his interests

/---/ no liberal or conservative ever said the bum doesn't have an equal vote.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

The problem is in order to understand politics, you have to be interested in it like anything else. Trying to teach somebody about something they could care less about is not going to solve the problem.

It takes a lot of time to actually understand what's going on; time people won't dedicate or perhaps time people don't have.

For me, I wake up to talk radio on my alarm clock, from there, I get ready for work and get on this internet to discuss politics most times. I get in my car and drive to work with politics talk on. I get to work and get in my truck and listen to talk shows all day. After work, I go back home listening to politics, get dinner ready and spend another few hours here or reading the news.

Most people don't have my kind of day. If they listen to the radio, it's music. When they turn on their television, it's entertainment. When they get on the internet, it's a variety of things.

I'm not much of a sports fan or movie watcher. Politics just happens to be my thing. Now I don't care if people are not interested in politics like I am, I care that those people vote which we shouldn't allow in this country. I think before you vote, you should have to take a short and simple test to see if you have even the slightest knowledge about politics and policies. I think Republicans would be all for it, but Democrats would scream bloody murder because they depend on the politically ignorant. It's why all your lower income inner cities vote Democrat.

I firmly believe that some bum living under an overpass has as much a right to vote as a CEO. He still should decide who best represents his interests

If the bum doesn't understand what he's voting on, why should he be voting in the first place? He doesn't understand enough to know what his best interests are other than voting for politicians that promise to take other people's money and give it to him.

 

[rightwinger]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

The problem is in order to understand politics, you have to be interested in it like anything else. Trying to teach somebody about something they could care less about is not going to solve the problem.

It takes a lot of time to actually understand what's going on; time people won't dedicate or perhaps time people don't have.

For me, I wake up to talk radio on my alarm clock, from there, I get ready for work and get on this internet to discuss politics most times. I get in my car and drive to work with politics talk on. I get to work and get in my truck and listen to talk shows all day. After work, I go back home listening to politics, get dinner ready and spend another few hours here or reading the news.

Most people don't have my kind of day. If they listen to the radio, it's music. When they turn on their television, it's entertainment. When they get on the internet, it's a variety of things.

I'm not much of a sports fan or movie watcher. Politics just happens to be my thing. Now I don't care if people are not interested in politics like I am, I care that those people vote which we shouldn't allow in this country. I think before you vote, you should have to take a short and simple test to see if you have even the slightest knowledge about politics and policies. I think Republicans would be all for it, but Democrats would scream bloody murder because they depend on the politically ignorant. It's why all your lower income inner cities vote Democrat.

I firmly believe that some bum living under an overpass has as much a right to vote as a CEO. He still should decide who best represents his interests

If the bum doesn't understand what he's voting on, why should he be voting in the first place? He doesn't understand enough to know what his best interests are other than voting for politicians that promise to take other people's money and give it to him.

The bum will vote for the candidate who will do the most to get him from underneath that bridge

The CEO will vote for the candidate who will help him get the next bridge contract

Same thing

 

[ricechickie]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

The problem is in order to understand politics, you have to be interested in it like anything else. Trying to teach somebody about something they could care less about is not going to solve the problem.

It takes a lot of time to actually understand what's going on; time people won't dedicate or perhaps time people don't have.

For me, I wake up to talk radio on my alarm clock, from there, I get ready for work and get on this internet to discuss politics most times. I get in my car and drive to work with politics talk on. I get to work and get in my truck and listen to talk shows all day. After work, I go back home listening to politics, get dinner ready and spend another few hours here or reading the news.

Most people don't have my kind of day. If they listen to the radio, it's music. When they turn on their television, it's entertainment. When they get on the internet, it's a variety of things.

I'm not much of a sports fan or movie watcher. Politics just happens to be my thing. Now I don't care if people are not interested in politics like I am, I care that those people vote which we shouldn't allow in this country. I think before you vote, you should have to take a short and simple test to see if you have even the slightest knowledge about politics and policies. I think Republicans would be all for it, but Democrats would scream bloody murder because they depend on the politically ignorant. It's why all your lower income inner cities vote Democrat.

I firmly believe that some bum living under an overpass has as much a right to vote as a CEO. He still should decide who best represents his interests

If the bum doesn't understand what he's voting on, why should he be voting in the first place? He doesn't understand enough to know what his best interests are other than voting for politicians that promise to take other people's money and give it to him.

Just because the homeless person would vote for his immediate interests doesn't mean that he doesn't understand anything.

 

[Pogo]

HAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS

And why do you think that might be?

I don't think I could provide you with a simple answer. This has been a failure for decades.

And you believe the answer to the failure of state mandated education is more state mandated education?

Personally speaking ... I believe the electoral system is working great!

Yet your graphic demonstrates that it obviously isn't.

Moreover it demonstrates the very dearth of basic education that is in fact the original point here.

Presumably this post was satire but It's hard to tell.

 

[rightwinger]

If a voter does not know there are 100 Senators, 435 Congressmen and 9 Supreme Court Justices......what difference does it make?

 

[fncceo]

HAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS

And why do you think that might be?

I don't think I could provide you with a simple answer. This has been a failure for decades.

And you believe the answer to the failure of state mandated education is more state mandated education?

Personally speaking ... I believe the electoral system is working great!

Yet your graphic demonstrates that it obviously isn't.

Moreover it demonstrates the very dearth of basic education that is in fact the original point here.

Presumably this post was satire but It's hard to tell.

Not at all.

The political establishment and the media tried to force feed their candidate on the people and the people were smart enough to say, 'No, thank you'.

The people you claim are uneducated confounded the establishment and the suits and talking heads are still apoplectic with rage that the people didn't fall in line like good farm animals.

Viva la revolucion!

 

[Rustic]

If a voter does not know there are 100 Senators, 435 Congressmen and 9 Supreme Court Justices......what difference does it make?

Most progressive snowflakes have no idea… Fact

 

[Pogo]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

The problem is in order to understand politics, you have to be interested in it like anything else. Trying to teach somebody about something they could care less about is not going to solve the problem.

It takes a lot of time to actually understand what's going on; time people won't dedicate or perhaps time people don't have.

For me, I wake up to talk radio on my alarm clock, from there, I get ready for work and get on this internet to discuss politics most times. I get in my car and drive to work with politics talk on. I get to work and get in my truck and listen to talk shows all day. After work, I go back home listening to politics, get dinner ready and spend another few hours here or reading the news.

Most people don't have my kind of day. If they listen to the radio, it's music. When they turn on their television, it's entertainment. When they get on the internet, it's a variety of things.

I'm not much of a sports fan or movie watcher. Politics just happens to be my thing. Now I don't care if people are not interested in politics like I am, I care that those people vote which we shouldn't allow in this country. I think before you vote, you should have to take a short and simple test to see if you have even the slightest knowledge about politics and policies. I think Republicans would be all for it, but Democrats would scream bloody murder because they depend on the politically ignorant. It's why all your lower income inner cities vote Democrat.

I firmly believe that some bum living under an overpass has as much a right to vote as a CEO. He still should decide who best represents his interests

If the bum doesn't understand what he's voting on, why should he be voting in the first place? He doesn't understand enough to know what his best interests are other than voting for politicians that promise to take other people's money and give it to him.

Just because the homeless person would vote for his immediate interests doesn't mean that he doesn't understand anything.

A better and more to-the-point analysis might be:

"You don't sell products, benefits or solutions --- you sell FEELINGS"

That's exactly what we got sold. The "feeling" of a wall that somebody else pays for, the "feeling" of "they're laughing at us"; the "feeling" of "America great"; the "feeling" of "political establishment"; the "feeling" of "the press is the enemy", the "feeling" of "thousands of people dancing on rooftops" (ironic pairing with the last entry); the "feeling" of "bomb the shit out of ISIS"; the "feeling" of "greatest jobs president god ever created"; the "feeling" of "knock the hell" and "there used to be consequences"; the "feeling" of mocking the disabled (that one didn't sell so well); the "feeling" of mocking veterans (ditto); and the "feeling" of "Duh EEBIL Muslims" and "Duh EEBIL rapist Mexicans, and I don't care what the Constitution says".

"You don't sell solutions -- you sell feelings". It's the truest observation, if completely cynical, that Donald Rump ever came up with. In effect another version of:

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public".

This is the price of the Cult of Ignorance. As "the wages of sin is death", so the wages of ignorance is a con artist conning his way into high office because the unwashed are too simplistic to see right through the game.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov, 1980​

 

[Pogo]

HAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS

And why do you think that might be?

I don't think I could provide you with a simple answer. This has been a failure for decades.

And you believe the answer to the failure of state mandated education is more state mandated education?

Personally speaking ... I believe the electoral system is working great!

Yet your graphic demonstrates that it obviously isn't.

Moreover it demonstrates the very dearth of basic education that is in fact the original point here.

Presumably this post was satire but It's hard to tell.

Not at all.

The political establishment and the media tried to force feed their candidate on the people and the people were smart enough to say, 'No, thank you'.

The people you claim are uneducated confounded the establishment and the suit are still apoplectic with rage that the people didn't fall in line like good farm animals.

Viva la revolucion!

OK, now I get that you're posting satire. As I said it's hard to tell in text.

 

[Crixus]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

You mean like school house rocks used to do? Remember "I'm just a bill"? Both republicans and democrats want their electorate as ignorant as possible. It don't serve their purpose for voters to know what is what. They just need them to vote straight ticket every time.

 

[Crixus]

...to educate them?


When you get down to brass tacks, there is A LOT to learn about the way the federal government operates. The procedure in congress, for instance, when it comes to legislation is very complex. Do you really think most American voters understand it?

I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of how the three branches of government operate is limited to an outline of sorts. It's actually very complex and more nuanced than people think it is. It takes years of education in public policy to even understand it all.

Think of it this way: maybe in school growing up you watched the "Schoolhouse Rock!" episode of how a bill is advanced and you got a very basic spiel about the Checks and Balances system through a fun song. Now does that mean you understand the totality of ANY the concepts offered in that cartoon? NO! Someone in the 6th grade more than likely doesn't care about researching the topic further.

I cant remember the exact percentage, but the last poll I read on the subject said that a majority of American adults cannot even name all 3 branches of government let alone have a basic understanding of how they operate among each other!

In other words, how to we fix this problem? I mean seriously think about this: when someone turns 18, the government decides that that person understands how the federal and state government operates and therefore has the right to vote. THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS. We might as well allow 6th graders the right to vote because they heard the song about how a bill is passed.

The problem is in order to understand politics, you have to be interested in it like anything else. Trying to teach somebody about something they could care less about is not going to solve the problem.

It takes a lot of time to actually understand what's going on; time people won't dedicate or perhaps time people don't have.

For me, I wake up to talk radio on my alarm clock, from there, I get ready for work and get on this internet to discuss politics most times. I get in my car and drive to work with politics talk on. I get to work and get in my truck and listen to talk shows all day. After work, I go back home listening to politics, get dinner ready and spend another few hours here or reading the news.

Most people don't have my kind of day. If they listen to the radio, it's music. When they turn on their television, it's entertainment. When they get on the internet, it's a variety of things.

I'm not much of a sports fan or movie watcher. Politics just happens to be my thing. Now I don't care if people are not interested in politics like I am, I care that those people vote which we shouldn't allow in this country. I think before you vote, you should have to take a short and simple test to see if you have even the slightest knowledge about politics and policies. I think Republicans would be all for it, but Democrats would scream bloody murder because they depend on the politically ignorant. It's why all your lower income inner cities vote Democrat.

I firmly believe that some bum living under an overpass has as much a right to vote as a CEO. He still should decide who best represents his interests

If the bum doesn't understand what he's voting on, why should he be voting in the first place? He doesn't understand enough to know what his best interests are other than voting for politicians that promise to take other people's money and give it to him.

Just because the homeless person would vote for his immediate interests doesn't mean that he doesn't understand anything.

A better and more to-the-point analysis might be:

"You don't sell products, benefits or solutions --- you sell FEELINGS"

That's exactly what we got sold. The "feeling" of a wall that somebody else pays for, the "feeling" of "they're laughing at us"; the "feeling" of "America great"; the "feeling" of "political establishment"; the "feeling" of "the press is the enemy", the "feeling" of "bomb the shit out of ISIS"; the "feeling" of "greatest jobs president god ever created; the "feeling" of "knock the hell"; the "feeling" of mocking the disabled (that one didn't sell so well); the "feeling" of mocking veterans (ditto); and the "feeling" of "Duh EEBIL Muslims" and "Duh EEBIL rapist Mexicans, and I don't care what the Constitution says".

It's the truest observation Donald Rump ever came up with. In effect another version of:

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public".

This is the price of the Cult of Ignorance. As "the wages of sin is death", so the wages of ignorance is a con artist conning his way into high office because the unwashed are too simplistic to see right through the game.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov, 1980​

The feeling that peace resigns supreme. So a presidant gets a Nobel peace prize, Then expands a war and starts a couple more.


Or saying the earth will cool back down and the oceans will stop rising.


Yeah, don't know where Drumphf got that shit.....

 

[Pogo]

The problem is in order to understand politics, you have to be interested in it like anything else. Trying to teach somebody about something they could care less about is not going to solve the problem.

It takes a lot of time to actually understand what's going on; time people won't dedicate or perhaps time people don't have.

For me, I wake up to talk radio on my alarm clock, from there, I get ready for work and get on this internet to discuss politics most times. I get in my car and drive to work with politics talk on. I get to work and get in my truck and listen to talk shows all day. After work, I go back home listening to politics, get dinner ready and spend another few hours here or reading the news.

Most people don't have my kind of day. If they listen to the radio, it's music. When they turn on their television, it's entertainment. When they get on the internet, it's a variety of things.

I'm not much of a sports fan or movie watcher. Politics just happens to be my thing. Now I don't care if people are not interested in politics like I am, I care that those people vote which we shouldn't allow in this country. I think before you vote, you should have to take a short and simple test to see if you have even the slightest knowledge about politics and policies. I think Republicans would be all for it, but Democrats would scream bloody murder because they depend on the politically ignorant. It's why all your lower income inner cities vote Democrat.

I firmly believe that some bum living under an overpass has as much a right to vote as a CEO. He still should decide who best represents his interests

If the bum doesn't understand what he's voting on, why should he be voting in the first place? He doesn't understand enough to know what his best interests are other than voting for politicians that promise to take other people's money and give it to him.

Just because the homeless person would vote for his immediate interests doesn't mean that he doesn't understand anything.

A better and more to-the-point analysis might be:

"You don't sell products, benefits or solutions --- you sell FEELINGS"

That's exactly what we got sold. The "feeling" of a wall that somebody else pays for, the "feeling" of "they're laughing at us"; the "feeling" of "America great"; the "feeling" of "political establishment"; the "feeling" of "the press is the enemy", the "feeling" of "bomb the shit out of ISIS"; the "feeling" of "greatest jobs president god ever created; the "feeling" of "knock the hell"; the "feeling" of mocking the disabled (that one didn't sell so well); the "feeling" of mocking veterans (ditto); and the "feeling" of "Duh EEBIL Muslims" and "Duh EEBIL rapist Mexicans, and I don't care what the Constitution says".

It's the truest observation Donald Rump ever came up with. In effect another version of:

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public".

This is the price of the Cult of Ignorance. As "the wages of sin is death", so the wages of ignorance is a con artist conning his way into high office because the unwashed are too simplistic to see right through the game.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov, 1980​

The feeling that peace resigns supreme. So a presidant gets a Nobel peace prize, Then expands a war and starts a couple more.


Or saying the earth will cool back down and the oceans will stop rising.


Yeah, don't know where Drumphf got that shit.....

Well that was coherent wasn't it.


(^^^SATIRE^^^)

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

If a voter does not know there are 100 Senators, 435 Congressmen and 9 Supreme Court Justices......what difference does it make?

It doesn't, but that doesn't mean they know the issues and what's at stake.

For instance, Hil-Liar was yapping about free college. The political ignorant think that government will somehow make college free. They don't understand the fact that somebody would have had to pay for that college. They don't understand that 20 trillion in debt is a dangerous level of debt for this country to have. They don't understand that if you tax the rich for it, some will take their companies and move out the country to escape taxes. Let me put it this way...........

Let's say that the baseball league had fans vote on players instead of the teams choosing who they needed. Your city allowed any citizen to choose the player, and my city only allowed those with a great knowledge of baseball to choose the players for our team. Which city do you think would have a better baseball team?

That's why I said if it were up to me, every voter would have to take a very simple test before being allowed to vote. If we did that, we might end up with less voters like this:

 

[rightwinger]

If a voter does not know there are 100 Senators, 435 Congressmen and 9 Supreme Court Justices......what difference does it make?

Most progressive snowflakes have no idea… Fact

Most Trump voters have no idea....FACT

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

THAT IS COMPLETELY INSANE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIVICS.

Correct and that's because it's run by people who share the same extremist political views as you. You created our joke of an education system and now you're complaining about it.