What one book contains the most valuable lessons on government that every citizen of the country should become familiar with? The Federalist Papers? Plato’s Democracy? Seems to me that some of this stuff would be a lot more valuable than Romeo and Juliet or anne frankly’s diary or whatever passes for a civics class these days
Inb4 Starship Troopers
Mein Kampf
And no this isn't a joke answer. If Shinzo Abe had allowed Mein Kampf in Japanese schools(whether the schools read it or not is a different thing but it was allowed in schools as teaching material under Shinzo Abe apparently) then there's no reason why we can't have it in our schools too.
Hah it was this or Legend of the Galactic Heroes?
Do you really think this teaches the reader much about government systems though? It felt a lot more like a memoir to me than an analysis of how government works…I mean…beyond that one really important factor lol. I feel like the reader would need some knowledge base they were building on/deconstructing to even get anything out of it
Well it goes in to the mind of the most influential political figure of the 20th and 21st century who invented a new political system and who people still keep talking about today. I would think that would be important. And if the Japanese government thinks it can be used as teaching materials then who are we to question right?
Yeah, I could see it, or atleast sections of it, fitting nicely into a new WW2/History curriculum for the older kids who’ve got a basic picture that they’re building on. That would require quite the shift in the popular consciousness though, to ever see a lesson plan like that lol.
Any other options you think are slightly more likely?