Sunday, October 07, 2018

Americans Have Almost Entirely Forgotten Their History

Americans Have Almost Entirely Forgotten Their History:

Image result for flickr commons images American History Under tyrannical systems, it matters little if the people are informed about political life. Autocrats make decisions for the people whether they like it or not. But in our republic, we rely on the informed decision-making of citizens to judge policies and the leaders who will implement them.
Unfortunately, we are not very well-informed.
According to a recently released survey, Americans are woefully uneducated about the most basic facts of our history, to the point where most couldn’t even pass a basic citizenship test.

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