The art of guiding government was
everyone’s job in our formative years.
Today most citizens outsource it.
Some lump it with religion as a subject
not to be broached in polite society.

That’s too bad. If we talked about official
actions we might be familiar with more than
a few topics of personal interest. Political
polarization results from extremists pulling
the parties apart while we avoid the subject.

If people defined topics we might debate
the morality of charging a war to our
grandchildren, not when to withdraw troops,
how to make it easy for citizens to identify
themselves, instead of where to build fences.

Politics could be the key to democracy,
a friendly path to understanding, if we
discussed why we believe, not just what.
It should be practiced by everyone. It’s
too important to delegate to talk radio.

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