“Democracy cannot survive too much ignorance…”

Check out this interview conducted recently with former Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Justice Souter addresses one of the most pervasive problems in our country: the civic ignorance of the general public. How is it possible that 2/3 of our country doesn’t even know that we have three branches of government? Then again with all of the distractions we have these days in the form of 24/7 reality television and the constant pursuit of self fulfillment I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. This ignorance is extremely dangerous and should not be overlooked, especially by those of us trying to stay one step ahead of the masses.

Justice Souter sums up why it matters…

“What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed people will not know who is responsible, and when the problems get bad enough — as they might do for example with another serious terrorist attack, as they might do with another financial meltdown — some one person will come forward and say:  ‘Give me total power and I will solve this problem.”