How Ignorant Are Americans?

This article from Newsweek (link below) gets at the crux of the matter. Most Americans are uninformed about their government (i.e. ignorant), and they generally make no effort to become informed despite this being more possible than ever because of the Internet. This is how we get fooled by slogans, by fear-mongering, and by outright falsehoods. No one takes the time to investigate. There is no excuse for this -- average Americans can do much better.

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/03/20/how-dumb-are-we.html