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Nov 5th? Is he planning to blow up parliament? (slrpnk.net)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Isn't it amazing how much more likely we are to participate in our democracy once the barriers are taken away?

It's almost like the people whose wealth doesn't depend on showing up to a job every day wanted to be the only ones making decisions.

It took a pandemic for the states to even try it, and some states have pulled it back.