hope that enough other Americans educate themselves enough to do the same.

So go home and be a defeatist little bitch? Or, if we’re gonna do the ad hominens thing, “advocating for [Americans educating themselves] from the comfort of [your] Doritos dust covered couches”?

implying that the system can’t be fixed

Can’t fix a problem you don’t understand. I’m trying to spoon-feed you some understanding and that seems to cause you some serious cognitive dissonance. Why?