Re: elegy
WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?
By Ara Baliozian
Democracy could also be defined as
ceaseless resistance to fascism.
Because fascism, in addition to being a constant temptation,
is also easy. What's hard is recognizing its signs and symptoms,
such as: censorship in the name
of some noble-sounding abstraction;
ascribing one's failures on foreign powers (xenophobia);
exaggerating one's tribal or national uniqueness
or superiority by re-writing history.
WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?
By Ara Baliozian
Democracy could also be defined as
ceaseless resistance to fascism.
Because fascism, in addition to being a constant temptation,
is also easy. What's hard is recognizing its signs and symptoms,
such as: censorship in the name
of some noble-sounding abstraction;
ascribing one's failures on foreign powers (xenophobia);
exaggerating one's tribal or national uniqueness
or superiority by re-writing history.
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