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Representative democracy failed. It's too corrupted to fix. Presidents and Congress serve serve monied, not popular interests. Only direct democracy works, letting people decide freely on their own.
Victor Hugo said, "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come."
The time is now with enough people committed for change. It's the only way possible to achieve it. What better incentive than knowing the alternative's too grim to tolerate.
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