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   From: jthomq@gmail.com   
      
   >Ukrainians are now building their own monuments to democracy, with their bl   
   >ood. For more than a week, the world has been transfixed by their battle to   
   > repel the mighty Russian army and preserve the birth of democracy in their   
   > homeland.   
   >   
   >"Each passing day adds more stories that Ukrainians will tell not only in t   
   >he dark days ahead, but in the decades and generations to come," the author   
   > and historian Yuval Noah Harari said in a recent essay. "This is the stuff   
   > nations are built from. In the long run, these stories count more than tan   
   >ks."   
   >   
   >This power of ordinary people is what Zelensky evoked when he released a ta   
   >ped appeal to the Russian and Ukrainian people before Russia's invasion. He   
   > said there was one group that could ultimately prevent war: "Regular peopl   
   >e. Regular, normal people."   
   >   
   >It's a lesson many contemporary Americans have seem to have forgotten. Our   
   >political discourse is driven by searches for a savior: a charismatic leade   
   >r who will vanquish the other side; a pivotal Supreme Court appointment tha   
   >t will finally "take back" the country, a commentator who will "destroy" op   
   >ponents on TV.   
   >   
   >Many have stopped believing that ordinary people can change anything becaus   
   >e of political gridlock.   
   >   
   >More Americans even now doubt the power of their democratic ideas. One rece   
   >nt poll showed that 64% of Americans believe their democracy is "in crisis   
   >and at risk of failing." Another recent poll found 72% of Americans say the   
   > US used to be a good model of democracy for other countries to follow but   
   >has not been in recent years.   
   >   
   >https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/ukraine-democracy-lesson-us-blake-c   
   >ec/index.html   
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   Where's the big right wing Trumper freedom convoy?   Did it get stuck in   
   traffic again?   
      
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