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Reply #13: It is absolutely essential. I can't possibly emphasize that enough. [View All]

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American Tragedy

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Thu Jan-20-05 01:43 PM
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13. It is absolutely essential. I can't possibly emphasize that enough.

People seem to throw around the word democracy without specifically explaining what it is, and what makes it so important. It allows people to hold the government accountable for their failures and lies.

Yet, democracy is really no different that tyranny, without the active participation of an informed electorate. If people do not vote, or they vote based on distorted information or false pretenses, the entire point of the democratic system is shattered. People must be made aware of those failures and lies, or the votes are worthless and arbitrary.

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