If you don't live under a functioning democracy, you're not going to feel agency to actually change the actions of the state. People keep saying this, but it’s

If you don't live under a functioning democracy, you're not going to feel agency to actually change the actions of the state. People keep saying this, but it’s not even close to accurate. The Shah, Marcos, Ceaușescu, and Mubarak come to mind. And, I vaguely remember something in the USSR in ‘91.