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Wow. I am speechless. I can't understand how a society can accept a practice like that. I know that there is a lot of shit in Germany if you dig for it. But th

• polotics 5y ago
  My shock at realizing, at the Ivy-league graduation ceremony of a cousin, that the demeanor and vibe of even the most elite eastern US-ians had something of the wild west in it.
• vkou 5y ago
  > Wow. I am speechless. I can't understand how a society can accept a practice like that. I hate to be glib about it, but that's Modesto for you. Most of the towns in that area are ran in that way. It's especially bad when it comes to corruption and criminality within the police, because they face next to no accountability from higher up the political ladder (they are essentially untouchable by the state and federal government), and because ~half the local voters will unconditionally support them, and because there's only so many political fights the other ~half will get into.