Re: 鈥淜enney, UCP romp to majority,鈥� April 17.
Did we really think generations of Cold War conditioning wouldn鈥檛 win out in Alberta鈥檚 election? We have to recognize the Cold War鈥檚 influence on our politics and the way to do it is a real civics education.
Civics classes could have taught us as voters how tribal attitudes affect problem-solving. If we don鈥檛 like the other guys, we don鈥檛 want to give them credit. This doesn鈥檛 solve issues.
Generations of North Americans grew up hearing 鈥渟ocialism is evil鈥� and distrusting the left. That same attitude is preventing people from accepting issues such as climate change or how to help the poor.
We have a culture raised on partisan games.
This inability to problem-solve is poisonous to our and our kids鈥� future. Civics is group problem-solving. We voters need these skills as much as the leaders we elect do. We need our school boards to double down on civics education.
Mark McInnes
Victoria
