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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by heyoni on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:19PM (#21128817)
We had one with Nixon. He resigned, remember? Now just because we don’t get it again, does not mean there’s no basis for OP’s notion that we can remove legislators all the way up to the executive branch.
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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by yourbandsucks on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:24PM (#21128881)
Fish don't know they're in water. https://sivers.org/fish

The fact that we have the illusion of choice between candidates who will all do mostly the same things, and won't affect the bureaucracy that much anyways, doesn't make us meaningfully more free.

"But my candidate had a great take on the bathroom bill controversy!", as we continue bombing weddings in afghanistan, imprisoning more people than China (!!!), etc..

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