cville deac
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Stugotz posed a political questions about how do we convert conservatives, which is largely a pointless political activity because they are living in an alternate reality. No amount of logic, rational thought, or insults are going to fix the republican party....77% believe Biden cheated to win the election. If the question is how do end the culture of misinformation and assert science and fact-based knowledge acquisition...then sure that is a valuable endeavor but its a looong endeavor that starts in the classroom, I think.
I agree it starts in the classroom. Another thing that might be helpful is impose a year of mandatory service to the country after high school (not just military like South Korea and Israel), like Buttigieg and Sasse have talked about. You'd be forcing folks from all walks of life to work together for a common purpose that helps the country. I did a year of volunteer service between college and law school and found it enriching. I would think it would also produce a side benefit of giving kids from impoverished backgrounds job skills.