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but it is mainly the outcome of the need we have felt for making democracy such a good thing, like a scrubbed and shining schoolboy. Actually democracy partakes of the sweat and blood of the real world. It is grimy and dangerous and will never survive until it can learn to understand the ways of bullies and take its own part. I happen to care for it not because of any moral perfection it may have, but because it is by and large the best instrument I know for giving us the kind of world we want to live in :-)
Max Lerner, 1938
HFF!! Truth Matters!! Character Matters! Impeach the bully!
john moulton homestead, grand tetons national park, wyoming
Bisbee, Arizona
the smaller signs in the window, rather faded from southern exposure, say:
children born unwanted often live lives of sadness and despair.
oppose mandatory motherhood.
Margaret Atwood was right!
invite Amy Coney Barrett to your baby shower.
Dundas Square is Toronto's answer to Times Square with many advertising billboards. It is also site for outdoor concerts and festivals. It was a place for protests and demonstrations, until the authorities decided that in the name of Democracy, protests are only permitted for approved causes and for freedoms in countries far away. I was crossing the square, when the billboard above flooded the place with colour on otherwise grey drizzly day. The square was not always there. It opened in 2002 in effort to revitalize the area. To be honest, I should, but do not remember what was there before.
047. Toronto. Taken 2023- May 02. P1580520, Upload 2023- May 05. Lmx -ZS100.
Texas. 2017
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The little man stands up for the future…
I live in the United States of America, and, while I’d never tell anyone who to vote for, I find the pivotal moment before us too important to sit quietly on the sidelines. No matter where you live, I hope you have the ability to stand up for what you believe in, to use your voice, to use your power for good, and, right now in my country, to get out and vote.
I believe in working together to build a world founded on kindness, compassion, connection and community. I believe character matters. I believe we should lift one another up and treat each other with dignity by showing respect even if we disagree. I believe everyone has the right to make decisions about what happens to their body, and everyone has the right to choose who they love. I believe in a world where everyone can pursue their dreams and where we help one another to achieve them, a world where we bring people together through understanding. I believe in freedom, and the best way to be more free is to grant more freedom to others.
If, like me, you have this important right, the right to vote,
please do, and stand up for your future.
Center of the roof construction of the german parliament.
Das Zentrum der Dachkonstruktion der Kuppel über dem Reichstag, dem deutschen Bundestag und Parlament.
Klassisches Foto aller Kuppelbesucher, ich weiß.
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Street photography from London, England.
Colour re-edit of a shot from February 2019.
Last night, on the 27th April 2022, democracy ended in the United Kingdom.
This may sound melodramatic but if you consider the consequences for just a moment, the reality is nothing short of horrifying.
The UK Conservative Government have passed a number of bills through the House of Lords, after a number of attempts, where few opposition peers turned up late at night and these bills will receive automatic Royal Ascent today during the pre-election Proroguing of Parliament.
A new police and crime bill passed on 26th April that makes 'noisy protest' illegal and this includes any protest found to be disruptive. A right to peaceful (as in non-violent) protest is essential to a functional democracy.
A new elections bill passed on the 27th April that means that all voters now need to provide photographic I.D., excluding even myself from voting now as well as millions of others. In addition, and more worryingly, the bill allows the Conservative Government to control the Electoral Commission - the independent body that impartially protects the integrity of our elections, and democracy, will now be completely under the control of the current Government.
While our mainstream media is distracted by the 'dead cat' Tory sleaze stories of misogyny and MPs watching porn in the House of Commons, they are completely ignoring these new autocratic laws. Of course, the mainstream media is majority owned by Tory donors or run by Tory stooges. No wonder they wish to sell off Channel 4, the only television channel still holding Government to account.
Anyone wondering how the people of Germany allowed the country to slide into Fascist rule in the 1930s need look no further.
First they control the media, then they get away with breaking laws and telling lies with impunity. The sleaze and 'dead cat' stories then distract while laws and polices are pushed through that erode democracy. Oh, and the current Government are already scapegoating a couple of minority groups into 'the enemy' as well. Laws affecting these are already in place and more are planned. If you look deeper than the headlines you will see more in common with 1930s Germany than you would care to imagine. Ah, 'but we don't have concentration camps' you may say - well the bill making it possible for the Government to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda was also passed last night. Think these asylum seekers are all just 'economic migrants'? Think again. Any one of us is just one disaster away from becoming asylum seekers ourselves.
We now live in an elected dictatorship.
. Democracy is Fun .
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mixed media , collage .
by : M.A.M08
" government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. "
Voting Day in Australia. Etta in her Aussie flag bandana. Still having medication for the ulcer on her eye. Now looks like she needs some more lumps removed, as well!
At the middle of Bangkok.
On Rachchadumnern road
I took this photo on the bus.
If you want to come here, you can ask the way from me.
Self-congratulatory despotism Persian style: King Philip II of Macedon, 4th century BC. Being tired of democracy is nothing new. Craving for the populist "Leader" who is expected to get things done or go for glory has happened before. It happened in the 20th century.
The Democracy Monument (Thai: อนุสาวรีย์ประชาธิปไตย, romanized: Anusawari Prachathipatai) is a public monument in the city center of Bangkok, capital of Thailand. It occupies a traffic circle on the wide east–west Ratchadamnoen Avenue, at the intersection of Dinso Road. The monument is roughly halfway between Sanam Luang, the former royal cremation ground in front of Wat Phra Kaew, and the temple of the Golden Mount (Phu Kao Thong).
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The view over London towards Parliament as the fog descends over the city. I should have released this when parliament rejected the PMs deal.
Taken at Union Station in Washington, DC.
As a new resident of the area, I am really enjoying visiting our capital. :D There is so much to see and enjoy.