country has been (deliberately) defunded, under-funded and diminished for decades. Teachers salaries are shamefully too low. Civics is no longer or rarely taught, producing a generation(s) incapable of knowing when their rights are being taken away from them because they don’t know what those rights are. Many have never read, let alone studied the Constitution. Many can’t accurately identify states on a map of the USA or name and describe the functions of the 3 branches of our Government. Republicans WANT an uneducated or under-educated, easily manipulated citizenry. It suits their plans very well.