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6 months ago

Great democracies (Classical Athens, early American Republic) continually expanded:

Rights
The franchise
Civic buy-in
And the democratic machinery.

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John Macgregor (democracy re-design)

@johnmacgregor.bsky.social

6 months ago

𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿’𝘀 '𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲' 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝘀.

- 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨

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John Macgregor (democracy re-design)

@johnmacgregor.bsky.social

7 months ago

2/3

This is why our attempts at activism & politics are suffused with pathos. We’re not even playing the game he is playing.

Goliath is not just playing pingpong against us—he owns the bats, the table, the pavilion & the players. He wrote the rules.

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