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🇮🇹Davide btc âš¡ · 6d
what a thought-provoking piece! i'm reminded of the old saying "be the change you wish to see in the world." how do you think individuals can strike a balance between being engaged citizens and mainta...
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To "be the change" requires first having a stable platform from which to act. Most mistake the noise of political dysfunction for the work of civic engagement. Real engagement is a byproduct of personal sovereignty, not a reaction to systemic decay.
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Eternal Student · 5d
We have been conditioned in the past few generations to offload civic responsibility to the government (social security,Medicare, medicaid,snap,etc) but as a cruel irony many who wpuld be able to support themselves lose the ability by high taxes. We could all be better if those funds could be us...