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Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years by mjevans on Saturday February 07, 2026 @12:55PM (#46925909)
Is that a reference to one of the sources of the civil war in the US? Voting rights for disenfranchised (literally enslaved) people?
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Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years by paulryanrogers on Saturday February 07, 2026 @02:18PM (#46926658)
Actually the US maintains a Senate and Electoral College because of slavery, and refuses to abolish them for (supposedly) any and every other reason. These systems allow whites in less populous states to exercise outsized power.
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