• desktop_user [they/them]
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    4 days ago

    why should wealth explicitly affect the ruleset by which you play? freedom of the press is crucial to avoid facism, however politicians could get an exemption.

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      3 days ago

      why should wealth explicitly affect the ruleset by which you play? You are right, it shouldn’t. That’s why billionaires shouldn’t be able to own newspapers.

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        3 days ago

        they in some sense represent the nation, one orange piece of shit shouldn’t be about to ruin the reputation without some punishment.

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          Well that’s about Trump, not politicians broadly. But if we assume that’s the issue across the board, is the problem that politicians are able to represent us with their words, or that politicians are able to escape consequences for their words?