Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged participation are what make it happen.
Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.
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Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.
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