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Re:Trump's Tariff Formula Makes No Economic Sense. It's Also... by vkou on Saturday April 05, 2025 @03:28AM (#43591635)
People certainly thought they were still living in one in 1996 and 2000, but there was no golden path out of it. The press was fully compromised, the security apparatus was in the hands of one man, and parliament was an irrelevant sideshow.

But you can't see any of this, when you're on the inside looking out - and you can't be certain of it when you're on the outside looking in.

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Re:Trump's Tariff Formula Makes No Economic Sense. It's Also... by SpicyLemonZest on Saturday April 05, 2025 @03:45AM (#43591712)
You can't be certain of anything, I suppose. I'm not really sure what you're getting at here. Whether or not Trump has secretly ended American democracy, it's still the case that popular leaders have more power than unpopular leaders and criticizing unpopular decisions is a good way to try and stop them.
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