Don't be obsessed with tactics but with purpose. Tactics have a half life.

Since James Madison day (and long before), there have been constant struggles over "democratic governance".

Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.

Farming out atrocities to paramilitaries is standard operating procedure.

In a democracy the day when you pay your taxes, April 15, would be a day of celebration, because you're getting together to provide resources for the programs you decided on.

There are many concepts of spirituality, among them, various notions of divinity developed in the Judaeo-Christian-Islamic religions. Within these the concepts vary greatly.

In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.