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Don't Be an Idiot: Are You Smarter about U.S. Government than a Brand New Citizen?

Bill Whittle Network

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4.9720 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

What percentage of native-born Americans could pass the test to become a U.S. citizen? Beyond history and government, what are the fundamental subjects you need to grasp so you won't be an idiot? Bill Whittle wants to launch a new series of videos to prevent idiocity in the general populace. From the basics of U.S. government, to why an airplane flies, to the essential rules of grammar...and much more. Will you help Bill in the comments below? What topics should be on the list? Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Scott Ott have co-hosted a current events discussion show since 2009 thanks to our Members and donors. To donate: https://BillWhittle.com/donate-to-Bill-Whittle/ To become a Member: https://BillWhittle.com/register/

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0:00.0

All right. So actually, this is kind of a, the actual story is sort of a figly for the thing I really want to talk about.

0:10.0

So I've been talking a lot about, everybody knows the education system in this country just falling apart.

0:16.0

I've seen a number of videos from a number of different people that interview Gen Z or millennials, and they ask

0:21.4

him, name three countries other than the United States. And they can't name one, right? And now,

0:26.9

to some degree, this is edited, right? But clearly, they're showing enough people who, you know,

0:32.3

why are there 50 stars in the flag? I don't think it's much of a of a risk to say that fundamental education

0:40.8

in this country has just really just gone to hell. And having just spent first part of this year

0:47.7

helping Natasha pass her citizenship test, I realized that there's not one of you guys could,

0:52.4

and I'm sure our entire audience could pass it.

0:54.2

But I'd be willing to bet you that if you just went out on the street,

0:56.9

certainly in California, you wouldn't find,

0:59.9

I bet you couldn't find 5% of the population that could pass the citizenship test.

1:03.6

Really?

1:03.9

I really mean things we take for.

1:05.6

So that's the actual like cover.

1:09.4

What I really want to talk about is what I'd like to do about that.

1:12.0

So after the 2020 election, we did moving back to America, which I was trying to make some sense out of the politics and stuff.

1:19.4

But now we do, we do six right angles a week about present day politics.

1:24.1

That's covering that pretty well.

1:25.9

And so I've had some success with themed things like what we believe and the virtual

1:31.9

presidency and we the people be too, that kind of thing.

1:37.4

And so I thought, it's time for me to be doing some more writing and something that's a little

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