Interesting article. I would agree that most Americans are politically unaware per that article, because most Americans aren’t economists or historians. It was definitely an interesting read, but what I really noticed is that the article failed to compare American political unawareness to a global baseline, or at least provide some comparable country’s numbers, like England, France, Russia, China, Australia, Mexico and Canada?
Makes me wonder if I could pass the US citizenship test…
Interesting article. I would agree that most Americans are politically unaware per that article, because most Americans aren’t economists or historians. It was definitely an interesting read, but what I really noticed is that the article failed to compare American political unawareness to a global baseline, or at least provide some comparable country’s numbers, like England, France, Russia, China, Australia, Mexico and Canada?
Makes me wonder if I could pass the US citizenship test…
Edit: 95% on a practice test…
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/naturalization-test-and-study-resources/study-for-the-test/2008-civics-practice-test
There are practice tests you can take . I bet you can pass it.
Not the easiest kind of question to answer with multiple choice…
Is it money, it’s always money 💰
That was my thought too.
Passed that one. It was a little harder than the practice test, but I think it’s about a middle-school level difficulty.
Welcome to America! 🇺🇸
Born here, stuck here.
Anyway, how well do you think American political awareness compares to political awareness of other countries? I honestly haven’t looked yet.
Probably similar to other countries, but the stakes are so much higher because of the $2 billion military budget.