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Democracy is not just voting for your leaders it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.

Howard Rheingold

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Howard Rheingold
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 7
Essayist
Literary Critic
Sociologist
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Phoenix
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