Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport
Democracy isn’t won on Election Day—it’s forged in daily reps of engagement. This image calls out the couch spectators and celebrates the organizers, agitators, and everyday lifters of civic weight.
Topic
american democracy
A collection of 4 issues
From Framers to Tyrants: The Long Arc of Emergency Power
The Constitution didn’t break. It evolved—through fear, loopholes, and precedent—into a tool of control. From blind trust to endless emergencies, this is how liberty gets rewritten.
Engineered to Fail: The Architecture of Democratic Decline
American democracy isn’t malfunctioning—it’s performing exactly as designed. From gerrymandering to dark money to judicial capture, our institutions were architected to resist the people, not serve them.
The Theater of Managed Opposition
Democratic resistance is theater—well-funded, consultant-driven spectacle that simulates opposition without risking real change. The show must go on, but the outcome was rigged from the start.