Maintaining a democracy (actually a republican form of democracy) is hard work, Members of a democractic society should review and be conscious of the history, not only of democracy in general, but in the history of THEIR democracy. Citizens (That's many of us, folks!) need to participate. We need to attempt to support our local educa…
Maintaining a democracy (actually a republican form of democracy) is hard work, Members of a democractic society should review and be conscious of the history, not only of democracy in general, but in the history of THEIR democracy. Citizens (That's many of us, folks!) need to participate. We need to attempt to support our local education and government efforts. This means attending meetings, telling people about upcoming el;ectionsment or disagreement, and so on. It means that sometimes people will not be respectful of us, even if we are respectful of them. All the editorials for "democracy" won't help if we aren't doing more than just griping about the other side.
Maintaining a democracy (actually a republican form of democracy) is hard work, Members of a democractic society should review and be conscious of the history, not only of democracy in general, but in the history of THEIR democracy. Citizens (That's many of us, folks!) need to participate. We need to attempt to support our local education and government efforts. This means attending meetings, telling people about upcoming el;ectionsment or disagreement, and so on. It means that sometimes people will not be respectful of us, even if we are respectful of them. All the editorials for "democracy" won't help if we aren't doing more than just griping about the other side.