When did the idea that we follow leaders become the normal instead of leaders following their constituents? We elect leaders in our governments so that they can represent us, if they choose not to represent us then what is their function otherwise? We may just as well employ direct democracy to pass legislation that we majority clamor for instead of being told that we cannot have the solution to our problems. It does speak volumes about the lack of intellectual integrity we voters have and the intellectual dishonesty that too many of our politicians have. We move away from democracy when we allow a handful of people to dictate our future while undermining our right to protest and vote. Our democracy must be the ultimate priority when it comes to vision and policy for our futures. Our democracy guarantees us a voice and vote in our desire to maintain liberty and equality. When the powerful interests, driven by capitalism's profit before people and planet, are catered to by leaders of our country more so than the idea of our collective voice being the impetus for change our voice is weakened to favor only those who have the loudest and most expansive voice. That is not a democracy, that is more a plutocracy where the wealthy have a greater say in how our society functions than a much larger collective group of us. There is a choice this coming November in how much we want to keep our democracy. Those of us who see the Republican party and it's followers as the ones who would further weaken our democratic ideals are screaming from the very bottom of our lungs for all voting Americans to participate in this coming election and show for once and all that we want our democracy to decide our future and not the greedy capitalistic plutocrats who don't see that people and planet come before their profit.
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