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Empowered and involved, as if my voice has been heard, my opinion taken into account and my life and identity valued.
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Participatory democracy may also have an educational effect. Greater political participation can lead to the public to seeking to also make it higher quality in efficacy and depth: "the more individuals participate the better able they become to do so", an idea already promoted by Rousseau, Mill, and Cole.