Ralph Singh speaks to the Democracy Gap” in HuffPo Blog”

The Democracy Gap: Receding or Reseeding Democracy Depends on Your Point of View

There are certain points in history when the gap between governments and their people widen. Whether our democracy is receding depends on your point of view. In the midst of increased government surveillance and economic meltdown, there are grass roots citizens’ movements which are reseeding democracy. But if we only measure democracy by the state of our government, then one could easily argue that government of, by, and for the people has taken some giant leaps backwards; from ‘droning’ out democracy, to the overt Patriot Act that we inflicted upon ourselves.  Willingly trading “security” for persona