Zackly. Today's liberal 'education' is nothing but organized ignorance.
Too late. The Feds have thoroughly infected the education system.
I don't know that I would go that far. But I do believe the Democrats are actively working to control the message, the content, have total authority over what children will be taught, and they intend to deny points of view to be expressed that don't further their doctrines, dogmas, and agenda.
Yes they have. And if good people don't push back against that, it will only get worse. A solid grounding in Civics would wake a lot of people up that there is a far better way than the totalitarian left's intentions, dogma, doctrines, agenda.
Define "worthwhile".
In a democracy the government carries out the reasonable wishes of the people. If they don't then the people get to carry out their own wishes, without the middleman.
We live in a republic. ...and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands!
Who is the gatekeeper of the republic, and as Franklin warned, are we losing it? Specifically, how long can the representatives of the people thwart the will of the people who elected them before there is a revolution?
That which improves everybody's lives and not just pet constituencies. That which promotes personal responsibility and accountability and initiative and inspires us to improve, create, produce, be better versions of ourselves. That which does not make people dependent on the whims or agendas of others but liberates them.
How is that related to civics as it is currently understood? Can you give some specifics?
No. Democracy is a cruel master. It is fine for establishing the social contract as to what we want government to be and do. But it is a cruel means of governance. Our constitutional republic, until we allowed it to be corrupted and that was due to lack of training and understanding of civics and/or due to apathy, was to be a government of, for, and by the people that worked for the people instead of its own interests and profit. It contains checks and balances that temper the power and dangers of majority rule.
Civics taught impartially and without prejudice produces a society that understands my comments you quoted. Given honest and good information, people will still make mistakes but they will recognize and correct them and generally make far better choices. These days far too much education is what the majority left wants the children to believe and what they don't want children to know.
Cruel only as it opposes the base nature of people. Happily for those who live by their base nature such things are nothing more than an intellectual exercise, which gives place to plea bargaining, which in turn subverts every principle needed to maintain good order.
Knowledge is power. That's why we are so powerless.
How many kids do you have?
Two, both grown with kids of their own. Why?
