I've been around a long time, and the idea of true democracy has always seemed aspirational at best in a country still and always mired in patriarchy. From the very beginning when my European ancestors came to the unceded lands of Native Americans, they claimed to be setting up a democracy; but it's was not a democracy ibecause the foundational document included only property-owning white men in its language and laws. How can a so-called democracy have not had a single woman president, and why do so many people living in this democracy still have to spend energy clawing back their rights?
I've been around a long time, and the idea of true democracy has always seemed aspirational at best in a country still and always mired in patriarchy. From the very beginning when my European ancestors came to the unceded lands of Native Americans, they claimed to be setting up a democracy; but it's was not a democracy ibecause the foundational document included only property-owning white men in its language and laws. How can a so-called democracy have not had a single woman president, and why do so many people living in this democracy still have to spend energy clawing back their rights?
Agree, Gwen. I read Armita here as writing about the "project" as one of struggle toward a democracy not yet realized.