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What does it mean?
Citizens often lack agency because they never truly participated in the system.
In plain terms
You cannot change things you never helped create.
What can you take from it?
Participate early to gain influence.

Where it applies

  • voting
  • community organizing
  • activism

Putting it to work

  • Vote in local elections
  • Join local boards

Questions to consider

  • When did you last engage locally?
  • How can you influence without voting?

Another view

Some systems are rigged regardless of participation.

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