It might better be called ‘enforced ignorance’. People are capable of understanding founding principles, they just haven’t been taught it for a long time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2887624/posts
It’s all been done by design.
“...they just haven’t been taught it for a long time.”
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Indeed...and unfortunately, this is so true. We can thank John Dewey, the NEA...and our increasing neglect of God and our own duties as citizens (speaking in an historical sense).