The values and voices of democracy are silent. Either we have lost touch with those values or, no better, believe they need not or cannot be taught.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you can't put your values into your vote, we don't have a democracy.
Speak up! We live in a democracy. We all need to make sure our voices are heard and our opinions are known.
Democracy demands trust. It demands that sense of mutual understanding. And - it's a two way street. You've got to give - as much as you take.
Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.
We have, essentially, a worthless democracy.
In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.
Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has been hollowed out, and it has been returned to us as a vehicle for the free market, of the corporations. For the corporations, by the corporations.
Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become devalued. They have no purchase on the real world.
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.
I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.
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