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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by smhost on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @08:17PM (#27523317)
"we can't have democracy because then the anti-democratic party would have to change" is my favorite talking point
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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by caslon on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @08:21PM (#27523346)
I'm not defending the anti-democratic party, I'm simply explaining why increasing voting access is so controversial in the US: because a party with outsized power does not want to lose their power. Fully for democracy over here.
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