• RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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    A lot of people are being shown that a lot of stuff that kept their country going was decorum, shame and tradition, not rule of law.

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    Regulatory capture and citizens united both exist to undo those checks and balances. No system is immune to corruption.

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    America was built on the ideas of freedom and equality by slave owners who didn’t think women should be allowed to vote.