It’s harder for that to happen when schools don’t teach civics. I mean they’re failing to teach other stuff too (mostly due to teacher’s unions stopping do-nothing teachers from being fired) but I don’t think they even try to teach civics.
Detroit is a good example. They ended up constantly electing corrupt people like Kwami Kilpatrick and a big reason for that is too many people don’t know enough civics to know how to tell when corruption is going on or what to do about it. Additionally, corruption gets normalized to the point where it seems like a normal thing that’s impossible to do anything about, and you get more corrupt officials who don’t resist/refuse corruption because they think it’s just the normal thing to do to get ahead.
There’s other stuff going on too. See Gang Leader For a Day by Sudhir Vinkatesh. A gang leader in inner city Chicago actually took him around and showed him everything going on. Even the gang leader wanted stuff to change which is why he did that. There’s a bunch of stuff you wouldn’t expect in there, like gang leaders will college degrees and gang members being required to finish high school and not drop out.
The main reasons for things not improving are stuff like political correctness, local corruption, and stuff like that.
It’s harder for that to happen when schools don’t teach civics. I mean they’re failing to teach other stuff too (mostly due to teacher’s unions stopping do-nothing teachers from being fired) but I don’t think they even try to teach civics.
Detroit is a good example. They ended up constantly electing corrupt people like Kwami Kilpatrick and a big reason for that is too many people don’t know enough civics to know how to tell when corruption is going on or what to do about it. Additionally, corruption gets normalized to the point where it seems like a normal thing that’s impossible to do anything about, and you get more corrupt officials who don’t resist/refuse corruption because they think it’s just the normal thing to do to get ahead.
There’s other stuff going on too. See Gang Leader For a Day by Sudhir Vinkatesh. A gang leader in inner city Chicago actually took him around and showed him everything going on. Even the gang leader wanted stuff to change which is why he did that. There’s a bunch of stuff you wouldn’t expect in there, like gang leaders will college degrees and gang members being required to finish high school and not drop out.
The main reasons for things not improving are stuff like political correctness, local corruption, and stuff like that.