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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by smcl on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @07:46AM (#45345639)
This is why the democracy-vs-dictatorship point is not one I think is worth arguing. Because while you can technically vote for president, senate, congress who have some say over that on your behalf, you still don't really decide anything.

I think however you'd both be in agreement about the broad thrust of the argument - that this is a slightly daft thing to lay at the feet of your average Iranian, who will already be perfectly aware of what its government gets up to.

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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by gruez on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @08:18AM (#45345968)
>Because while you can technically vote for president, senate, congress who have some say over that on your behalf, you still don't really decide anything.

Even if there was a referendum in the US on whether to drone strike alleged drug traffickers or whatever, it's still a stretch to blame all Americans (with "your" language), because it's there's still a good chance that a given American visitor didn't actually vote for it.

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