Small bites

Democracy

It's amazing to me how in these advanced times, we still manage to take things for granted.

The elections for this year are coming. It's a way of life we've grown up expecting to happen every four years. What an advanced civilization. We have managed to form a thought that took root in every single member of its society and be acknowledged and respected without question. What a powerful idea.

And yet, we take for granted that whole lifetimes were spent fantasizing about freedom and the possibilities about what this country would look like, how this country would be shaped hundreds of years from then. We never consider the bravery it took to think those radical thoughts and defend them through the the dedication of daily life in that new life. Men who were bankers became farmers. An incredible history when you consider what the founding of a country represented.

And yet, we argue over the rights of a woman to do with her body as she sees fit. We argue over the ability of a man to devote a lifetime to another man. Astounding.