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What we need is motivation to learn civics. The culture has largely abandoned them, and in many cases has demonized those that know them. Consider the concerted
by javajosh 3y ago
What we need is motivation to learn civics. The culture has largely abandoned them, and in many cases has demonized those that know them. Consider the concerted and successful attacks on state-level organizations that administer voting in the US. Those people, from the Sec State on down are probably the top 1% of those who understand civics, and they are under fire. Why? Because cultural norms tell people to not care about civics, and institutions are so weak that even the "elitist cabal" doesn't seem to care about it, either.
At least, this is the appearance. Perhaps there is a firm bedrock of dedicated, knowledgeable citizens making American democracy work, and the recent attacks are less hard body blows and more jabs that are easily ignored. I hope so.
- Dalewyn 3y agoIt is ironic and tragic that people who complain about how governments in the US are structured also have no fucking clue about what they're complaining about. We are the United States of America, and yet most people don't understand what a state even is.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoNot sure why you're being downvoted- that's my experience as well. It's still their right to complain but taking a single US govt course in college dispelled almost all of my frustration just by understanding the structure. Even here I see ridiculous takes daily.
- ospdfhnnioniop 3y ago[flagged]
- pirate787 3y agoThere's a group working to build and protect the bedrock: https://protectdemocracy.org/ https://protectdemocracy.org/