The architects of the United States created a constitutional framework that liberated and made possible a vastly more learning-oriented way of being a nation than had ever existed before. Not perfect, but more perfect. More perfectly conducive to a new kind of collective learning that ultimately led the United States to become the world’s most intelligent and successful nation.
Today, stupidified by the predatory machinations of profit and power, our population’s collective intelligence is in a dangerous downward spiral. Our political parties behave as if they are trying to persuade a herd of low-EQ teenagers. Spin the channels, whichever silo you land in it’s pretty much about convincing and persuading. Our political leadership hasn’t yet learned the importance of stewarding our collective intelligence because it’s too busy manipulating the voting behavior of our collective ignorance.
We live in a profoundly learning disabled country and we will continue to do so until we collectively learn otherwise.