B
-- idea that, uh, you can make a sound judgment with respect to small votes in the, at the local level or bigger votes at --
A
Yeah.
B
-- the national level. Uh, it means that you've got to be informed and you've got to have a certain level of education to do the reading --
A
Yeah.
B
-- and the critical thinking involved to come up with a decision.
A
You know, I, I believe that the original idea of public education in the United States, which I guess was controversial at the time of the constitution. Uh, you know, it barely made it. I think it was added afterwards. I think the real, the principal was, uh, education for civic participation.