Democracy is a Team Sport

Are we being governed by a minority? It would appear so. Our political system has become so fractured that a significant minority holds the White House. This is not something new. It’s been going on for quite some time. How has this been allowed to happen? Well, it could be that people have become accustomed to thinking that the extent of their involvement in government only takes place at the voting booth. As a result, we have a government that is not truly representative, with a congress that is largely indifferent to our real needs.

So how do we fix it? The concept is simple, though its implementation takes a lot of work. It starts by recognizing that democracy is a team sport. Voters must do more than simply cast votes and then complain when they don’t get what they need. They have to get involved!