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Old 2012-10-12, 11:23   Link #1288
Solace
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Originally Posted by Lord of Fire View Post
I love C.G.P. Grey's videos. They're very informative and I learned stuff I never even heard about through them.
When I was growing up, this was basic civics class (and a certain PBS Rock program *cough*). It's amazing how many people romanticize the convoluted and often bonkers way our system of governing actually works. I give the Founding Fathers a lot of credit for their foresight, but a lot of how we decide things is clearly rooted in some very old and often antiquated ways of thinking.

You know, like how we pick the guy who gets to sit in the Oval Office.

Although even a civics class doesn't help with a lot of this. It might be advantageous in certain political circumstances, but a lot of how things are done in Washington don't do the people good service, and I'm just referring to how things are supposed to run. I'm leaving out the bad behavior parts.
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