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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by Gravityloss on Thursday August 27, 2026 @05:47AM (#49462169)
In a large part of the world, the people voted for those people.

https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/inconvienent-t...

On the other hand, there's also a market for generating outrage and panic, sometimes justified, sometimes not.

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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by shrubby on Thursday August 27, 2026 @05:53AM (#49462231)
Voting is in many parts manipulated or gerrymandered... feature and for it to work we'd need a lot of work.

So not the best metric for what majority of people want.

Also the wants are manufactured in many parts.

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