First RCS now this, today has been wild

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    1 year ago

    Hey, 'Muricans, how come we need to pressure every company into compliance for you?

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      1 year ago

      Do you really think any average citizen has any say in this whatsoever?

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            1 year ago

            Isn’t that the point of your guns? Why are all these less free states more free?

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            1 year ago

            well, on paper also no, democracy don’t exist with only two parties, and that is writed in paper

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          An electoral democracy, we choose those that make the laws. Due to the 2 party system we don’t have many options for when they fail to do what they claim they will.

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          1 year ago

          No, we’re a republic.

          A true democracy would empower each of us to do as you say, but that’s not what’s here.

          Our republic is quite corrupt due to greed and power, as well… Not as corrupt as many countries out there, mind you, but it’s alot worse than it should be.

          We’re starting to resemble a corporatocracy in many ways these days as a result of all this.

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            11 months ago

            ‘Republic’ is about whether or not you have kings. Democracy is as opposed to autocracy, with a few other *cracys between those poles.

            America is a democratic republic; the United Kingdom is a democratic monarchy. The US has a broken democratic system that does a really bad job of electing the most preferred candidate. It’s almost cheeky to call America democratic.

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      1 year ago

      Hey, 'Peans, how come you think a country larger than your pseudo continent is a homogenous hivemind?

      E: what Ive learned from this comment is that apparently, all europeans share 1 single trait, which is just utterly horrid reading comprehension