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It's the dunk tank.

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I included the response I would have sent, were the thread not locked. This is how coward libs argue. They're calling the well-known study by Purdue demonstrating that the US is a oligarchy a "far left news source", for context.

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The constant use of violence to suppress ethnic minorities and the working class is regrettable to libs.

They don’t support it in a spiritual sense which means they can absolve themselves of the stain of it while still enjoying the benefits of it.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

We're a republic democracy. Why does this part always get dropped?

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, why does a republic mean, in this context?

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used the wrong word, I meant representative, not republic, though we still are a republic.

Republic means that we don't have monarchy, and we're ruled instead by a constitution of law.

Representative democracy is when the population votes on representatives to vote in their place at the federal level. Each state has at least one representative, but will have more based on population. CA as the highest populated state has 52 representatives that vote, while Whyoming, the least populated state, has 1.

Ty, at least your political terms are clarified...

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[–] stardust@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not a mod though? Wondering why you'd claim they were when the mod list for 196 is publicly accessible.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assumed they were because they are responding in a thread that I cannot even view, much less comment in. All of my comments there aren't even in my profile. And this is before defederation.

[–] stardust@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] jack@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Averagemaoist@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course the united states is a democracy. Democracy is awful, we do not want democracy.

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