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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by Gud on Sunday February 15, 2026 @12:08PM (#47025361)
No, the only way to win this war is to reform your system of governance, decentralisation and democratisation. Power to the people.
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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by notepad0x90 on Sunday February 15, 2026 @01:44PM (#47026216)
How can you do that if you can't coordinate and communicate with others to that end?
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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by JCattheATM on Sunday February 15, 2026 @07:37PM (#47029414)
The people are part of the problem. They're largely fine with all this.
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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by rcMgD2BwE72F on Monday February 16, 2026 @01:53AM (#47031712)
That could be said prior to all revolutions.
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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by Gud on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:32AM (#47033387)
The people are brainwashed by corporate controlled media. In a functioning democracy, there is counter balance against the oligarchs.
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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by JCattheATM on Monday February 16, 2026 @08:22AM (#47034650)
Democracy has no built in controls to stop oligarchs becoming a thing, and the people were a problem in the first place as they voted against measures that would prevent them. See all the people voting for Reagan, for example.
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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by Gud on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:58AM (#47037351)
The US is only nominally democratic
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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by JCattheATM on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:19PM (#47041145)
With the population being what it is, it doesn't really matter.
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