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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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