“The other sliver of a hope I’d have would be if the country could be led to a new appreciation of our Constitution’s purposely giving the power of the purse to the House so as to make spending by the government that isn’t supported by the people possible.”
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That would be wonderful if it happened but I honestly believe that only a tiny and ever dwindling minority is able to even comprehend HOW the government is supposed to function, let alone WHY is was designed that way. Those who have been taught anything about all that are rapidly aging and dying. The younger people seem to have no understanding of what it is all about, they may think they know but most of what they know is wrong. I am a public high school graduate, it is frightening for me to speak to a young college graduate and realize that he knows far less about history and civics than I did when I was twelve.
Americans have tried to be ignorant and free and just as Jefferson said it has never been and never will be.
Indeed—grievance politics has spoiled history, the liberal arts, and public education all the way down to the primary grades. It’s all that they know which isn’t true that is even more appalling than that they haven’t been exposed to so many truths.
Also, they probably are less responsible than you were at age 12 too.