Making democracy work

All too thoughtlessly and all too commonly democracy has come to be regarded as being a one-way proposition — just an intangible “something” which somehow automatically establishes and guards individual freedom, individual rights, and individual privileges. That this careless point of view may be understandable makes it no less tragic and at least potentially devastating. True democracy connotes co-operation and interdependence — a definite responsibility for each citizen if there is to be any democracy. There must be a general awakening — “or else!”