https://www.docsoffreedom.org/student/readings/the-virtues-required-of-citizens-in-a-free-society

https://thefederalist.com/2013/12/10/what-the-founders-meant-by-self-governance/ Self-government is, at root, a culture of public responsibility among a citizenry; that is, a widely accepted norm that citizens can and should take a role in public decision-making.  People must believe that they have the right, duty, and ability to govern themselves.  If they stop believing these things, self-government is effectively dead even…