In despair I longing look from the Capitol Dome wanting my dear Patria to have liberty, equality and fraternity. So many of my peers have had to leave, or forsake their dreams. Polarization has not yet reached 1790s levels, but the monster whom we shoved in the closet is coming again and never left.

My dear reader whomever you may be- take my hand and look with me to our horizons. Perhaps instead of trying to hide our differences lets realize that a liberal democracy is here to protect us all. Without a liberal democracy to secure our rights with checks and balances we will quickly dissolve into a group of petty countries fighting amongst themselves- strongmen of every race and every religion will attempt to take control in an endless succession of petty elections. There is a way to stop this mon amie, it is found in the Constitution, the Declaration of Rights and these documents of human rights. Classical liberal democracy may be flawed, but the beauty of it is that it gets more liberated day by day as we discover more rights and defend the rights of the oppressed. Without a liberal democracy, history has proven those times are tough.

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