"...whether the citizens of the United States now have enough understanding of, or belief in, our government, to make it work effectively...Today, only lawyers--not students of history--know anything about British legal and constitutional precedents, and almost no one knows anything about the political history of ancient Greece and Rome. Our fellow countrymen, I would suggest, do not know about this history of legislative inquiry as a check on executive power....Sanders,...Warren, still believe in this model of government, but how many voters do?...How many of them care that the Trump Administration is ignoring much of the bureaucracy....how many...have a real commitment to public education...And how many believe in interventionist foreign policy? Without the right training, few Americans can make sense of our complex government and our complex world. " DK
I agree with this.
I would just add that few Americans ever had enough of the kinds of understanding or commitment he lists above.
Certain founders, most notably Jefferson recognized this lack of understanding and commitment very well, but promoted popular informed and erudite self government as a given nonetheless, holding other faux truths also to be self evident as well.
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