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Complacency kills democracy, and we have a long road ahead to save it.
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Meanwhile, observers line the sides of the road watching us, as if democracy is a spectator sport in which they have no stake other than that akin to buying a lottery ticket.
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The watchers jump into the road and flag us down to tell us that we should just pull over and watch things fix themselves, as if thoughts and prayers instead of moving forward is the higher moral ground.
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Democracy requires action, and the very least those abdicating their jobs as good citizens can do is to stop being roadblocks to saving it.

The very least.
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"World without end, amen."
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🆘 ᴀɪꜱʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴋʏᴇ💫
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Complacency kills democracy, and the road to saving ours is a long one.

Meanwhile, observers line the sides of the road watching us, as if democracy is a spectator sport in which they have no stake other than that akin to buying a lottery ticket and hoping for the best.
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The watchers jump in front of us and flag us down to tell us that we should just pull over and watch things fix themselves, as if thoughts and prayers are the higher moral ground.
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"Be patient," they say. "Trust the Speaker," as if trusting a powerful politician who's acted against the party and people repeatedly might suddenly produce different results.
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@JeremyToback @adrielhampton @ryangrim @ewarren Sure, like you buy a good house and tear the entire thing down because you automatically think that razing a good building is the only way, while that's only true sometimes.
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@JeremyToback @adrielhampton @ryangrim @ewarren "My way or the highway!" The far left said, as they clung to a guy no further left than a 1970s democrat as their only hope for their worldview.
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@JeremyToback @adrielhampton @ryangrim @ewarren "Burn it down or bust," they said and refused to vote, while their landlords, employers, and #MAGAs all around showed up at the polls, because they're smart enough to understand that if abdicating one's vote in the service of a tantrum means generations of not getting "my way"
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but when relatives get old and are dying, they get whatever they want.
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You want M&Ms, Dad? Sure.

A hamburger made of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Mom? Ew, but ok. (Where was THIS mom when she was feeding us sprouts and protein shakes?)

A puppy? Ok.
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Except they don't get to poison you or kids. No Fox. No hate. No guilt trips.

They don't get to have their lives and gobble yours, too.
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