100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week#152 …That’s democracy…
“Mom?”
Nell turned to her thirteen-year-old daughter, Maggie.
“Since we live in a democracy, you know, ‘consent of the governed,’ shouldn’t I get a vote?”
Nell admired her daughter’s spunk. “A vote?”
“I feel like I’m living under autocratic rule with you the self appointed ruler.”
“I’m your mother and, by law, responsible for you.”
“But…”
“Actually, our democracy is practiced in the form of a republic, which provides checks and balances and an establishment able to thump an unruly mob on its head.”
“Mom!”
“At home, you’re the unruly mob and I’m the check and balances. That’s democracy, sweetheart.”
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