Depressed About the Inauguration?Democracy Doesn't Exist- It Is Made

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Is electoral politics an energy sink?
"....In the Zapatista idea, democracy is something that is constructed from below and with everyone, including those that think differently than us. Democracy is the exercise of power by the people all the time and in all places."
-Subcomandante Marcos
Here we are waiting for the NEXT BIG THING to come along which will sweep away our memories of the details and the fraud of election 2004. In Bolivia, a confusing referendum was held on the nation's large natural gas reserves, the results of which are being contested- not just by turning their backs or refusing to spend money (a rare and privileged resource most Bolivians don't possess) but by taking to the streets, plazas, and neighborhoods nationwide.

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