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minus-square@Mastengwe@lemm.eelinkfedilink18•4 months agoIf they have legal reason to- they’re welcome to try it. Don’t make this out that they can remove innocent people from the ballots.
minus-square@mPony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•4 months agoif Trump gets back in they’re going to Navalny their opponents.
minus-square@surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-1•4 months ago Don’t make this out that they can remove innocent people from the ballots. You make a good point, but what prevents this?
minus-square@stoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•4 months agoYou’ve just discovered the fundamental problem with democracy: it operates on good faith in a Machiavellian world.
minus-square@surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•4 months agoMachiavelli was satire. It was meant to show the stupidest way to do things. Most people aren’t like that. We just haven’t found a good way to rid ourselves of psychopaths and narcissists.
If they have legal reason to- they’re welcome to try it. Don’t make this out that they can remove innocent people from the ballots.
if Trump gets back in they’re going to Navalny their opponents.
You make a good point, but what prevents this?
It was supposed to be SCOTUS
You’ve just discovered the fundamental problem with democracy: it operates on good faith in a Machiavellian world.
Machiavelli was satire. It was meant to show the stupidest way to do things.
Most people aren’t like that. We just haven’t found a good way to rid ourselves of psychopaths and narcissists.