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57 The Political Turn (The Great Feast)

The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

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The Virtue Signal of Democracy

I vote and I do so very carefully. I engage in protests here in Italy against bad policies. Participating in the poll tax demonstrations in the 90s when I was very young indeed. And one of the things I love doing is discussing the moral obligation to vote and participate in the democratic process. Like all complex human behaviour, politics is an art as much as it is a challenge. Most of us are all beginning artists at best. Hey you Buddhists, please remember that.

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