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Many Americans don't understand how their government works -- you can't expect a president to be able to change things on their own. I agree with former Suprem

by panic 9y ago

Many Americans don't understand how their government works -- you can't expect a president to be able to change things on their own. I agree with former Supreme Court Justice Souter's criticism here of civic education in this country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWcVtWennr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWcVtWennr0. Schools and the media ought to focus less on the office of the president and more on the actual operation of the government, including the behavior of our representatives in Congress.

3131s 9y ago
> you can't expect a president to be able to change things on their own. But you should expect them to at least talk about the really important issues, and to use their media spotlight to put pressure on whoever is keeping these sort of bipartisan changes from happening. I don't see any recent American presidents doing that though.