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So what do people think about democracy? Pretty neat, huh? Some idiot radical can come up to you at work, rest his elbows on your desk (well, there's a counter surrounding my desk), and try to convince you you're a Nazi for being a liberal. Or, an anarchist can tell you why she would like to take down anti-abortion groups' flyers posted around campus.

I love it, crazies and all. I mean seriously, there's some romance to it when you step back and take in the whole picture. For example, isn't it cute how we all think it's our business whether some poor brain-damaged woman in Florida should be fed? And we fight over it. Passionately. What a great country.