The threat of misinformation, conspiracy theory and social media to our democracy

[David Horn]

(04-28-2022, 02:05 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: From what I have heard, young people today did not have civics classes at all. They need to create their own knowledge of how our government works, and most are too lazy to do that. I don't know just when civics education was abolished though, or how gradually.

I was an adult when this happened, and my ex and I moved her daughter to a private school even though we couldn't afford it at the time.  We were exceptions.  Most parents were OK with this, thinking that school was intended to produce successful workers, not citizens.  So, drop this into the late '70s or a little later (depending on where you lived, of course).  It was a solid 3T precursor and accomplished exactly what the promoters intended.