The Ignorant Generation

Meet the new knpw-nothings:

The survey found that “just over one-quarter (27%) of students correctly identify Kamala Harris as the president of the Senate” and that “almost one-third of students think senators serve a four-year term.” “Just over one-third (37%) of students correctly identify John Roberts as the chief justice of the Supreme Court,” the survey concluded, also finding that “[l]ess than one-third (31%) of students correctly identify James Madison as the Father of the Constitution.” The study also found that less than one-third of students know “that the legislative branch has the power to declare war,” only one-quarter of students know “that the 13ᵗʰ Amendment freed slaves,” and less than one-third know when the U.S. Constitution was written. “More than one-third of students are not sure who the Speaker of the House of Representatives is,” the survey found. The findings also indicate that less than one-quarter of American students “know that the Gettysburg Address is the source of the phrase, ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people.’”

They can't protest for democracy if they don't know wnayhting about it...