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Re:New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer by claytongulick on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @08:49AM (#46885774)
> Surely you want the leader that most Americans voted for?

I prefer not to live in the Hunger Games world, personally.

Those books are a brilliant exploration of the tyranny of urban clusters.

The electoral college is an effective foil to that.

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Re:New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer by lostlogin on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:55AM (#46887379)
I wouldn’t call the US system ‘effective’. The US system is spiralling and it’s getting dystopian. The hunger games analogy is fitting, with The Patriot Games coming right up.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/18/politics/patriot-games-an...

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