2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How to spot a threat to Democracy: Bernie Sanders and Philip K. Dick on radicalism and revolt [View all]w0nderer
(1,937 posts)in a place far far away
i was taught in a civics class
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To be free is difficult:
it's about responsibility and duty:
to be informed
to keep an eye on government
to keep fighting (word used for fighting means also verbally/in press/nonviolent as well as violent )every day to keep corruption and tyranny gone
to stay alert
and when they come to lead you to the slaughter, you'll see them first and avoid them, or stop them before they can get that far
if you want to be comfortable be sheep:
sit back in the sofa
eat
watch mindless pap on tv
ignore elections and politics
and don't complain when dragged to the slaughter
Freedom is about making choices, informed ones, all the time, this doesn't make one popular, not with neighbors, and not with authorities.
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the lesson was on democracy conversion into tyranny
and i've quoted that part as exactly as i can remember it, i'm sure i got most of it right