We Must Strengthen Our Democratic Institutions

The more people know about not just their own present-day government but the history and complexity of democracy, the better it will be for actually making it work. This will become ever more important as the existing education system struggles and alternative paths, including homeschooling, become ever more popular.

This leads directly to the second often underestimated democratic institution is civic education.

We are seeing the importance of the judiciary right now. Whenever you have laws (or simply rules), there is a need to adjudicate whether someone has broken the rules.

A peaceful transition of power between elected governments is one of the crucial aspects of representative democracies.