• Unsealed9041@lemmy.ca
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        Democracy was always a mirage, it was only for rich white guys in the beginning, not the enslaved Africans and genocided natives. We’ve found ways around giving liberty to at least some portion of people continuously since.

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        More like we’ve known, but it’s been more tolerable until recently. We got frog boiled, and are just realizing we’re cooked.