death of democracy

"What is the price-current of an honest man and patriot today? They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they do nothing in earnest and with effect. They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy the evil, that they may no longer have it to regret." –Thoreau.

I wish I could just stay distracted, with quizzes and auctions and such, but I keep coming back to this. Read it and weep.