Week 5: Blog 4

Web Lecture: Procedural Democracy

I think the main point of this concept is that without it, you cannot have democracy at all. A profound example of this is happening right now in Iran, where citizens are being denied the "foundations of democracy" they believed existed. They voted only to realize their votes didn't count, as the election was inaccurately calculated. They spoke out against the injustice only to be silenced. They tried to report the events only to be persecuted and have information pathways destroyed. They assembled only to be brutally attacked and even killed. How much do we take these basic rights for granted?