> I hesitate to say poorly educated because wading through the bullshit of politics isn't taught in high school and it takes years of getting burned before you

> I hesitate to say poorly educated because wading through the bullshit of politics isn't taught in high school and it takes years of getting burned before you realize just how much bullshit there is. I didn't mean "poorly educated" in a derogatory way. Poor education can be the result of many factors, among which individual choice is probably the least relevant. The quality of education is influenced by family wealth, and on a bigger scale by political choices and a certain cultural attitude (I have long had the intuitive idea, which might be completely wrong, that USA's cult of freedom entails a rejection of the value of a common basic educational standard).