To be a citizen in a democracy, representative or direct, is not just a privilege. It is also a responsibility, to keep that democracy on the right track and see that it does not go astray. A citizen of that democracy who has the right to vote, who is happy to partake in the privileges, but who cannot be bothered to exercise the responsibility of using their vote, is only half a citizen.
I went out and voted today. Did you?
(It was an optical-scan paper ballot, by the way.)
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I missed the icon's meaning. My Orient background comes from China.