Given the willful ignorance on display and the public's susceptibility to outrage and manipulation silo-ed within so many of today's partisan divides, this is a very bad idea. Intransigent belief has overtaken reason, facts and respectful considered debate to the extent that these are now increasingly inconsequential because viewpoints are so polarized. This is apparent in virtually all of our leading democracies even as positions between rival international blocs harden and the pursuit of additional power for power's sake subverts more communal efforts pursuing changes, including environmental, that could benefit all of us instead of just the select few. The only remedy to "stupid" is education, but even this is discredited as too elite and biased. It is sad and will be tragic but the probable ending is looking more bleak with each passing day.