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If all natural-born citizens has to go through the naturalization process before getting the right to vote, trump would never have been elected.
Not just because they don't know the 100 (I think they changed it to 120 now?) questions, but also because they would not pass the:
"Have you ever been a member of any totalitarian party?
Have you ever been a member of a terrorist organization?
Have you ever advocated the overthrow of any government by force or violence?
Have you ever persecuted any person because of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion?" Questions
(Fun fact: They can revoke your citizenship after the fact if they catch you lying, or if you do any "terrorist" activity within 5 years of naturalization. Jan 6 riotor types would never pass this. As a naturalized citizen, I'm kinda dreading this since last November)
I mean yeah, all those topics are covered in HS civics class….. Which they skipped.
Skipped or failed... Either or.
School starts at home (for many parents, this is an unbelievable idea). I had a classmate who is an anti-vaxxer, even though we did biology together and learned how vaccines worked. My classmate is alright as a person, but I think her environment outside of school made her not one of the sharpest tool in the class and never paid attention to the lessons. My point is that, if the home environment is not conducive to learning, the person is less likely to be intellectually driven. I know there are exceptions and it boils down to "nature versus nurture", but as mentioned already, an environment that does not foster learning makes the person less likely to pursue knowledge.
Why do you think Reaganomics was implemented? If both parents work, they aren't going to be able to spend as much time teaching their kids to read.
Some parents are genuinely lazy. More often than not, a typical phrase some parents would use is "didn't they teach you that in school?"
This is also a big thing. If I may add to it, the environment may also help add maturity needed for certain topics. My HS had a banking and personal finance class. Many kids just didn't care, others didn't have any way to visualize it as they didn't really get an allowance, and those with jobs who would benefit the most were often not taking the class because they needed to work.
I was lucky to be there. Really that I was able to credit by exam some classes; which gave me space in my junior and senior year to fill.