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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

An inspiring conversation about democracy

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Politics of Sacrifice

The feeling of going along with the system that is now spinning out of what feels like your control is a kind of sacrifice staying committed to the system under those circumstances. A democracy requires a foundation of equal rights in order to operate. Equal rights do limit some people's ability to do things to other people. They're giving something up at that limit case where, you know, sort of you're protecting a basic set of rights.

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