As long as people value safety/security over personal freedom, they will have no right to do anything that makes them feel safe, they will only have a right to get in line for the slaughterhouse, since they've already given up all the other rights they weren't fighting for. When someone tells someone to tell you that is what's best for you and you never question the source behind the (mis)information, that's what you end up with.
Democracy is only as good as the fight people are willing to put towards it, that was how the country got started. There has always been hypocrisy and double standards, the country was founded by slaveowners fighting for independence and freedom, and bullshit has always been the glue that held it all together, but if nobody fights then nobody has any rights, no matter what they look like.
by The Original Agahnim December 4, 2021
Get the Democracymug. Democracy hasn't retreated or gone anywhere, but it hasn't been revived in a long time either. Long before the mask and vaccine mandates and restrictions there was the post 9/11 airport security people had tolerated because they decided they valued safety over personal freedom and rights. Kids born after the year 2000 might not even have much sense of democracy or personal freedom, since they've only known the airport security and travel bans since 9/11 and the pandemic, respectively. These folks are used to accepting what they see and hear in the news perhaps, and doing what they are told by authorities rather than questioning whether the authorities know what they are talking about.
Kids born after 2000, if they have any sense of democracy at all, must think it isn't something they might have to wake up and fight/bleed to keep.
by The Original Agahnim December 4, 2021
Get the Democracymug. by what is this democracy November 17, 2020
Get the what is this democracy?mug. A lovely and happy land where the rush get all the wealth and that's all that toy matters.
Also it's run by the producer of a banging story
Also it's run by the producer of a banging story
by ShronkeyInBoots January 15, 2020
Get the Bean Democracymug. (Australia) a system of govt in which imbeciles are elected to office by citizens distracted by the intoxicating aroma of a sausage sizzle.
by Goprojoro May 18, 2019
Get the Democracymug. A situation where everyone votes on how to deal with an issue or situation. Then the person who calls for the vote decides without taking the voters considerations , and everyone else has to like it.
Chinese Democracy in action.
Person 1: What do we all want for lunch today. Lets take a vote?
Person 2: Pizza
Person 3: Indian food
Person 3: Mexican
Person 5: I want pizza too
Person 6: I'm cool with Indian food
Person 7: I could go got pizza
Person 8: I fancy tacos
Person 1: Well i'm ordering sushi
Person 1: What do we all want for lunch today. Lets take a vote?
Person 2: Pizza
Person 3: Indian food
Person 3: Mexican
Person 5: I want pizza too
Person 6: I'm cool with Indian food
Person 7: I could go got pizza
Person 8: I fancy tacos
Person 1: Well i'm ordering sushi
by Flange22 February 7, 2020
Get the chinese democracymug. As seen in Myanmar, someone being barred from an office legally won't keep them from trying to seize power illegally. Someone who wants to grab power badly enough isn't going to be concerned with what is legal or illegal. There is no guarantee people will never have to fight for a democracy again as they did before there were democracies.
by Solid Mantis February 3, 2021
Get the Democracymug.