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Why Fasting Is Good for Democracy

Zealots at the Gate

CHAPTER

The Ethics of Fasting

Fasting is an opportunity to reflect on our own selfishness and the ways that we center ourselves. Once you introduce these radical changes in your daily routine, other people are affected by it around you. And then when you think about a community of people fasting together, then you can almost amplify those effects and multiply the impact. That would be the idea and theory.

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