The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which all other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery....
Thomas Paine
Knowledge brings responsibility. If we conclude that we don't live in
a particularly democratic system, then voting and making contributions
and trying to stay informed wouldn't be enough. Because then the duty of
citizenship would go beyond serving as a loyal opposition, to serving as a
"loyal resistance"...
