I’m not familiar with what you watched, but what you wrote makes sense. We do need to understand the core principles of how our government is set up to work as well as how to behave ethically. If one of those is askew, our society is not going to function properly.
I like how Steve Bannon said he taught a civics class while in prison. I’ll bet a lot of those guys were never taught in a meaningful way how the government is supposed to work.
This is all you need to know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK-liQhqPjs