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What job used to require qualifications? (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Similar thing happened with CSPAN.

Back in the day, a Congressmember could make a speech on the floor that only their hometown press would cover. Then they could scoot to the cloak room and cut a deal to vote the opposite way. Bipartisanship was the rule.

Once everything got read into the public record, the members were forced to actually vote for stuff they knew was crazy, but that the locals were hot for.