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It's almost like the general populace NEED TO BE TAUGHT about what makes up the government and what it does.

Look, whatever political philosophy you ascribe to, you need to understand what government institutions exist and what they do so:

1. You can understand where your tax is being spent.
2. Which ones you should contact for the appropriate service or issue resolution.
3. When you start becoming politically aware, you can form opinions on how you think these functions should or should not be performed by your ideal institution (or individuals).

And

4. They SHOULD be both celebrated and criticized so the public are informationally and emotionally invested in these institutions that impact your (whole) life directly or indirectly. That, in the ideal scenario, encourages an informed and engaged populace that can work collectively to improve these institutions.

These institutions, like anything built by humans, need to be maintained, upgraded, remodeled, or replaced effectively for human society to continue to exist. You'll have ideas about what ones, why, and how and we should get to hear about those ideas and discuss them.

That ONLY happens properly when people have at least some idea of what they're talking about.

Else this is what you get; some unelected Muppet treating it like a spaghettied server and pulling random ethernet cables out and listening for what screams.