They really need to beef up teaching civics in the schools. Tens of millions of Americans clearly know nothing about the difference between a democracy and a police state. Even worse, when they learn they seem to prefer the latter.

Nov 22, 2020 · 5:54 PM UTC

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Or the difference between a democracy and a constitutional republic.
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Well, in Texas I’ve been teaching for 16 years and in my district, civics is not offered.
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Possibly they should start actually teaching civics and government in schools. Not the kids fault when they don’t even teach it in school.
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Schools do teach civics. I'm not saying we do a great job, but it's taught at least in 8th and 12th grade in California.
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Civics is taught. The problem is tens of millions of kids don’t care.
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So many if my conservative friends love to say “We’re not a democracy, we’re a republic!”
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This is a Republic and not a democracy. You’re the one in need of a civics lesson.
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its a product of education being seen as a mechanism that shapes you into a type of worker, instead of tool that lets you become the person you want to be. that's why the humanities have been gutted in public schools everywhere. workers need to follow instructions, not think
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Yeah, apparently civilization needs police...go figure
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