The People Are the Problem: Part 17,502

All of our anguish is the result of trying to figure out ways to get around the fact that voters aren't rational actors.

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1. Can We Elect a New Electorate?

We’re going to touch on three ideas today that all tie into the same overriding problem:

• Public opinion about America’s schools.

• The proposal to use the 14th Amendment to keep Trump off of the ballot.

• Trump’s strong general election polling against Biden.

Each of these comes down to the same reality: The stability of liberalism is like the stability of the free market. It’s based on the assumption that people are rational actors in a system without overriding externalities and that these people will, on balance, choose to preserve liberalism over the long run.¹

So let’s start with how people view America’s schools. Newsflash: Americans think our schools are terrible! Only 36 percent of Americans say they are satisfied with America’s K-12 schools.

There’s just one problem with that number . . .