1) take civics and american history out of school curriculum.. and/or make it elective..
2) hijack teaching and journalism school administration..
** after that is done.. the weight of those changes will squash any dissent..
That is a constant since I was a kid in the 50s....lots of dunderheads out there voting and the civics and american history went in one ear and out the other.
I do believe people are more aware now then when I was a kid.....many people are no longer accepting of the MSM, and are utilizing the internet and talk radio....this did not exist when I was a kid....