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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The very least.
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"World without end, amen."
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