"But we need to ask ourselves, what is this 'democracy' thing we pretend to value? What is its substance? We cry and complain that 'government is corrupt' and it is. It's been taken over by monied interests. That happened years ago. We don't like it and yet we refuse to do anything about it. We refuse to take even a little responsibility.
And then, when crises happen we don't know what to do. Why is world is on fire? Guess I'll just scroll my Instagram feed..."
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