There are several (very simplified) factors:

• the parties in power won’t fix voting so others can join in proportionally
• the parties in power are mostly guided by the wealthy (often via corporate influence), just with slightly different flavors
• many of our citizens are one or more of poorly educated, uninformed, radicalized, and selfish
• the wealthy tend to support policies that keep them wealthy and the electorate controllable

Wouldn’t that be two killings?

Charcuterie?

You could teach them.

Sounds like your curriculum needs updating to incorporate the existence of these tools. As I’m sure you know, kids - especially smart ones - are going to look for the lazy solution. An AI-detection arms race is wasting time and energy, plus mostly exercising the wrong skills.

AVID could be a resource for teaching ethics and responsible use of AI. https://avidopenaccess.org/resource/ai-and-the-4-cs-critical-thinking/

Also

Mr. Trump is … provoking alarm among ethics experts.

Like, yes, we know. That’s what he does. I don’t think this is news to anyone.