Can I tell you a story?

[EverHopeful]

4. Recently heard on a Thom Hartmann clip posted here on DU

that Reagan eliminated federal funds for civics education. The time-line fits and has become another item on my long list of "I blame Reagan" accusations.

Friends and loved ones grow weary of my I blame Reagan comments and certainly many others since then have contributed to our current peril but even the outsized voice given to right wing broadcasting can be traced back to his destructive reign.

Also recently read that if enough people are kept miserable enough for long enough, they will choose Authoritarians. That certainly seems to be playing out here and now.