Reg "raganwald" Braithwaite on Nostr: America HAS been a shining beacon of hope for democracy. In spite of its racism. In ...
America HAS been a shining beacon of hope for democracy. In spite of its racism. In spite of its predatory capitalism. In spite of its foreign policies.
But what made it a shining beacon of hope wasn't its constitution, elections, or laws. None of its institutions offered the world hope for democracy:
What America has done to offer the world hope, is to model how protesting injustice can be the seed that grows into the tree of change.
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