“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it”
Is a danger in a free and individualistic society that too much of it breeds complacency? Many eligible voters don’t bother to vote because they feel it doesn’t make any difference – or just couldn’t be bothered.
Perhaps at some point the individual, if for no other reason than to support and protect his own individual freedom, must participate in the collective society of which he or she is a member. Otherwise, doesn’t complacency lead to neglect and neglect to atrophy?
And then we are no longer free.
It is at our own peril that we take the right to vote for granted. Vote tomorrow. Make Thomas Paine proud.
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