Less than 16% of Gen Z says they’re proud to be American & we have a 25% recruitment deficit in the U.S. military. Here’s one step towards fixing our deficit of civic identity in the next generation: every high school senior should have to pass the same civics test required of legal immigrants before naturalization - that is, before enjoying the full privileges of citizenship. It’s actually not hard: score 60% or higher on a 10-question civics exam, drawn from a pool of 100 questions about U.S. history and government that one can study beforehand. Easier questions include naming the current president and explaining what the Declaration of Independence did (per the government’s cheat sheet, “declared our independence” is an acceptable answer). Harder questions include naming one of the Founding Fathers who wrote the Federalist Papers. You’d also have to swear a modified version of the naturalization oath, declaring allegiance to the United States, renouncing all loyalty to other nations, and agreeing to perform federal service in time of war or national emergency.
My new book TRUTHS (out Sept. 24) sounds the alarm about the decline of civic nationalism & much more. Pre-order here now: bit.ly/3KKNTE0
Vivek Ramaswamy
Less than 16% of Gen Z says they’re proud to be American & we have a 25% recruitment deficit in the U.S. military. Here’s one step towards fixing our deficit of civic identity in the next generation: every high school senior should have to pass the same civics test required of legal immigrants before naturalization - that is, before enjoying the full privileges of citizenship. It’s actually not hard: score 60% or higher on a 10-question civics exam, drawn from a pool of 100 questions about U.S. history and government that one can study beforehand. Easier questions include naming the current president and explaining what the Declaration of Independence did (per the government’s cheat sheet, “declared our independence” is an acceptable answer). Harder questions include naming one of the Founding Fathers who wrote the Federalist Papers. You’d also have to swear a modified version of the naturalization oath, declaring allegiance to the United States, renouncing all loyalty to other nations, and agreeing to perform federal service in time of war or national emergency.
My new book TRUTHS (out Sept. 24) sounds the alarm about the decline of civic nationalism & much more. Pre-order here now: bit.ly/3KKNTE0
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