Uneducated person here; sites that will help inform me on political subject matter?

Wikipedia is probably the best resource for basic information on almost anything except complex math, as far as I've seen.

 

No joke. It would be a huge education.

 

Sorry I thought you were being funny.

 

While I'm not sure if Limbaugh would be the best choice for the conservative side, hearing both sides is a good way to go about things. I usually compare Fox and MSNBC. It helps reveal the bias of each.

 

Ok, understand.

 

No better source for U.S. History and how our government evolved than read original source material: 100 Milestone Documents (https://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone)

Immerse yourself on American history and government idealogies from Hillsdale College: Free Online Courses
(https://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/free-online-courses/)

Branches of the U.S. Government and how they work: USA.gov
(https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government)

If you can overlook that it's produced by the U.S. Government, another resource about other forms of world governments: the CIA World Factbook
(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2128.html)

Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
(Manifesto of the Communist Party - Marxists Internet Archive)

Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
(https://www.adamsmith.org/the-wealth-of-nations/)

Mises Institute
(https://mises.org/library)

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/stefbot/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzUV5283-l5c0oKRtyenj6Q
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCittVh8imKanO_5KohzDbpg

Do some research on the principles of the founding fathers of the USA and why freedom and capitalism has made and kept us the greatest country and power in history.
Don't fall for the leftist brainwash, they seek to control you not empower you..

 

I would recommend Zinn. Read anything he wrote.

 

Lol. Oh Lawdy.

 

Take the red pill or the blue pill?

Be careful, if you take that red pill you will never look at the world through the same eyes again..

 

They're both poison. We've been had!

 

Book list:

Howard Zinn, Peoples history of the United States
Chernow, Hamilton
Simon, What Kind of Nation
Smith, Moral Sentiments
Mann, 1493

 

Can you expand on this a little more?

 

Haha.

 

A good place to start is to evaluate what you actually know and where the gaps are. One way you can do this for yourself is just to take the standard citizenship test and see if you pass. If you don't you can focus on the areas where you are lacking. If you passed then you know that you have the basics nailed and then you can focus on your own personal interests instead.

http://civicsquestions.com/

Civil rights are mostly commonsense. Your rights end where someone else's begin and vice versa is the most general rule. For example you have to the right to believe whatever you like but you cannot impose your beliefs on others. You have the right to express yourself but that stops when what you say could result in injury to others.

Each of the 3 branches of government share power with none of them holding all of it. Only Congress can declare war which means that the president can't start a war without their authorization. Congress can't pass a law that infringes upon individual rights and the Supreme Court decides where that line is drawn.

History is fascinating and there are so many areas worthy of study but I recommend that you begin with the parts that will be most interesting to yourself so that you are motivated to learn. If you prefer videos there are some excellent PBS videos on the history of this nation and the BBC is a great source for world history videos.

Economics is always a tough one to find unbiased sources but the two rules are a) follow the money, and b) who is profiting/hurting from the economic policies.

Speaking for myself I try to focus on what is in the best interests of We the People. If it helps them then it is probably good and if it hurts them then it is probably bad. That eliminates the nonsense about capitalism/socialism because there are good and bad parts for both. Just stick to what works for We the People and that should keep you more or less on track.

Best of luck and just keep checking to ensure that you are enjoying yourself. If you aren't step back and figure out why that is not happening.

DT

 

A crass and insensitive joke about politics being full of abuse and depressing