Democracy Falls Short

We have forgotten all about Socrates’s salient warnings against democracy. We have preferred to think of democracy as an unambiguous good – rather than a process that is only ever as effective as the education system that surrounds it.

The education system that surrounds USA Democracy is flawed and has been flawed ever since it was created in 1635 in Boston, Massachusetts...  Our educational system lays the foundation for us to follow more and more education rather than teach us to be financially, economically, and politically aware...  assuming that pursuing a college and graduate degrees is the only viable course of action to take in this country...   THIS IS A FALSE PREMISE...

As a result of this false premise, the average American is less intelligent in 2022 than the average American was in 1822...  

What exactly am I trying to say here?

The 1800s America knew how to farm, build, repair, and the value of the dollar, was family-oriented, in touch with their own faith, and was keenly aware of all the people who were governing them.  They understood wisdom, value, quality, integrity, truth, and honesty and expected those who governed them to understand them as well.

Not many people in the 1800s had what we know call BOOK KNOWLEDGE.

Socrates was also concerned that in a democracy people would begin to care more about earning money (wealth) and buying assets rather than caring about one's fellow man...

Think about this for a minute?  Roll it around in your consciousness...  and reflect upon the ramifications that the concerns of Socrates have already generated in 2022 America...

Everything that surrounds us...  pushes us in a direction to want more and more...  earn more and more...  buy more and more...  WHY?  And, more importantly, why do we need all this shit?

What did you know about Trump when you elected him President?

What did you know about Biden when you elected him President?

What did you believe that other people were telling you about these two people?

How much research did you do yourself?

If you did not do much research...  why not?

WHY DO YOU NOT REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOVERNING YOU?