Taking political positions that’ll make it more likely to win Senate seats in Kansas and Ohio and Missouri. Trying to open your coalition to people you didn’t want it open to before. Running pro-life Democrats.
The United States was founded as a self-governing republic. It derives its authority from the consent of the governed. Consent is provided by the people who were citizens of the United States. Over time, the status of citizen has expanded in the United States most explicitly in the Fourteenth Amendment. Citizenship denotes individuals with certain... See more
“They are not interested in empty cheerleading,” she said. “They want to know about the fellow human beings, with all their strengths and all their complications, with all their flaws, with all their infinite variety, who shaped the past, and in so doing also shape our present.”
“establish justice, secure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty.” This requires actions from both the people and the government and sets the stage for the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
On paper, these seem simple, but they require much more of us. For example, voting requires us to be informed on the issues facing our communities. The best way to get informed is to be engaged.
The assumption embedded in this style of operating—encapsulated by Silicon Valley’s famous “move fast and break things” ethos—is that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other. A certain amount of wreckage is the price we have to pay for creating the future.