The Way Out of a Political Paradox

My point in this post is not political in the sense of being for, or against, any party, candidate, or philosophy.  I did post it though in response to a paradox that The Economist pointed out in the last paragraph of this article, What Elizabeth Warren wants | The Economist

(I think the post is self contained, though.)

“You write that there is a paradox: government is broken, so how can you trust the government to fix anything?

There is a way out. Jefferson saw it (and how to keep from getting into this vicious paradox).

Here is Jefferson.

“…Preach…a crusade against ignorance…improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against…evil, and that…kings, priests and nobles…will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance…”

So, there is a way out – education. But, as this magazine observed in a recent issue, education in America, is on a downhill slope. That issue focused on colleges. But college is where teachers go to learn. So when colleges are motivated to ensure that our teachers don’t learn, k-12 suffers even more than college education itself. (Actually, they are just motivated to keep everyone happy.)”