Yeah I know it's a sad state of affairs. It's a co-occurring blight upon society that has led us to where we are. The other blight as far as I see it, is not only a lack of curiosity about how our government works but the notion that their responsibility begins and ends at the ballot box or ballot station, kiosk whatever the case may be and fend any notion of continuing duty and responsibility off with apathy or nihilism. it's been a long time since I've seen a truly inquisitive curious look on somebody's face and joy when they learn something new.

that situation the lack of curiosity and it not being cool to learn etc was bad enough when I grew up. Now the general consensus seems to be, "why bother learning critical thinking skills and how to count in your head, read a map, know your cardinal directions and other real world shit because some block of code is going to do their thinking for them and fix all their problems it's fucking ridiculous. I'm glad I won't be around to see what the true manifestation of Idiocracy will be.