Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution
by eternalban on Thursday October 27, 2022 @11:01AM
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> In what forum today are politicians given an opportunity to speak/write intellectually?
That quote is from a letter from Jefferson to Madison.
Barack Obama famously wrote a book. A "leader" leads by example. So I have a different take than your "sadly politicians are discouraged from thinking" and it goes like this:
Patronizing and conditioning the political discourse to be at the level of 'high school civics class' is a powerful mechanism for keeping actual thinkers away from politics.
That quote is from a letter from Jefferson to Madison.
Barack Obama famously wrote a book. A "leader" leads by example. So I have a different take than your "sadly politicians are discouraged from thinking" and it goes like this:
Patronizing and conditioning the political discourse to be at the level of 'high school civics class' is a powerful mechanism for keeping actual thinkers away from politics.