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...thing, and as a child you could sort of imagine a Rube Goldberg process going on behind the scenes--but that automatic curtain that closed when you pulled the big lever had to be most magical part of the voting experience for some odd reason. Maybe it is because it was such a symbol of the individual and solemn space voting was intended to be.

Humans, compared to other dominant land-animals, is a wholly unimpressive creature physically. No sharp claws or teeth; not particularly strong; very little defensive armor; a large unwieldy head with a large brain that demands a lot of calories; and not particularly fast on its gangly bipedal frame--but get several together and they had the ability to take down any prey.

Education was the key to this ability. Even very early humans had the exact same mental capacity as us late-stage humans. Far from being the simpletons we like to think they were, early humans navigated their world much like we do today from an intellectual viewpoint. Educating their young on everything from foraging to hunting--and later to agriculture. They invented powerful fictions that still have a profound impact on us today--including both religion and money.

It is the only real skill humans had that allowed them to come to dominate and later destroy the very planet that gave them life.

Everything good or bad we have ever done as a species has been the result of humans educating each other and future generations on every topic.

Republicans have attacked education for years to get where we are today, and you are 100% correct that education is our true path back to a better world.