2,500 years ago the Greeks coined a word for a citizen who tuned out of public life — who had zero interest in how their own country worked. It wasn't a joke. It was a diagnosis. On Constitution Day, you're getting tested. The U.S. Citizenship Test. The bar is on the floor. Immigrants study months to clear it. Let's see what you do.
A private person. One who withdrew from public life and had no interest in how their
country was run. To the Athenians — the people who invented democracy — that
wasn't funny. It was the mark of a useless citizen.
Over 2,500 years we softened it into "silly person." We're bringing back the original.
It hits harder, and you're about to find out why.
of Americans can pass a version of the citizenship test. That's it. Two out of three of you are failing a test designed for people who want to be American.
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2018of Americans knew when the Constitution was ratified. It's 1788. It's been 1788 the entire time you've been alive.
Same study. Yes, really.can't name all three branches of government. Legislative. Executive. Judicial. You learned this in 5th grade and then simply... let it go.
Annenberg Constitution Day Civics SurveyShame is a tool. Nobody ever changed because they felt great about themselves. You're about to feel a little less great. Good. That's the point.
Ignorance is a choice — and the receipts say you keep making it. The test is public. The answers are free. You just... didn't.
The bar is on the floor. This is the test immigrants study for, in a second language, while working two jobs. If they can out-civics you, you owe them a nod and an apology.
The country isn't broken because of politicians. It's broken because the people who elect them can't pass a 10-question quiz. You're not the victim here. You're the variable.
Do better. Read the thing. Learn the thing. Vote in the boring local ones. Then come back and retake the test — and wipe that look off your face.
Drop your email and we'll send the test the moment it's live. Be first in line to discover what you don't know. Bring a helmet.
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