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Only one of the many life support systems on which we depend – soils, aquifers, rainfall, ice, the pattern of winds and currents, pollinators, biological abundance and diversity – need fail for everything to slide.

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There is a tension between parliamentary and popular sovereignty. A lively, meaningful democracy would achieve a balance between the two.

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For some people, it is easier to command a nation, to send thousands to their deaths in unnecessary wars, to separate children from their families and inflict terrible suffering, than to process their own trauma and pain.

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April 29, 2024

For some people, it is easier to command a nation, to send thousands to their deaths in unnecessary wars, to separate children from their families and inflict terrible suffering, than to process their own trauma and pain.

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April 29, 2024

There is a tension between parliamentary and popular sovereignty. A lively, meaningful democracy would achieve a balance between the two.

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