John Lewis tried to remind us of this. “Freedom is not a state; it is an act,” he once wrote. “It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest.”
“…where we can finally sit down and rest.” This is the illusion - what so many of us are subconsciously striving for - an end to the struggle, a cease-fire. In reality, there is no end to the struggle. Freedom, democracy, and equality require vigilance. So long as there are those who seek to rule absolutely, we cannot afford to sleep.
