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How We Keep Our Democracy -- Joyce Vance
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/how-we-keep-our-democracyIn Canby, Oregon, a city of 18,000 located south of Portland, between 400 and 500 people protested yesterday, receiving support from fellow citizens as they drove past.
(Video - see link.
Across the country, in Burlington, Vermont, friends gathered to emphasize they had no interest in being ruled by a king.
Every single sign, every picture that you all have sent me since yesterday morning, they are all so powerful. I’ve opened every one. I wish there was space to share all of them with the Civil Discourse community because what I saw in them collectively was our power, and the fact that this democracy is about us, not “them.” Americans are in a moment where we are learning how to exercise that power against someone who has tried to take it away from us.
. . .
(Video - see link.
Across the country, in Burlington, Vermont, friends gathered to emphasize they had no interest in being ruled by a king.
Every single sign, every picture that you all have sent me since yesterday morning, they are all so powerful. I’ve opened every one. I wish there was space to share all of them with the Civil Discourse community because what I saw in them collectively was our power, and the fact that this democracy is about us, not “them.” Americans are in a moment where we are learning how to exercise that power against someone who has tried to take it away from us.
. . .