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Sorry you lost me at "american democracy".

• Apocryphon 3y ago
  It is simply an echo of “the whole point of american government is […].” Did you lose yourself too while writing your own comment?
  • Geisterde 3y ago
    No, as in the pernicious myth is that american democracy is a thing, that it ever existed, that it ever will exist, and/or that such a thing would be desirable.
    • Apocryphon 3y ago
      > Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. > Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That tramples curiosity.
      • Geisterde 3y ago
        Its a political topic, and you have taken an ideological stance towards it. If you want to say this topic shouldnt be on hacker news, I agree with you. Conversely, if you cant take the heat then get out of the kitchen.
        • Apocryphon 3y ago
          Avowing extremist positions is indulging in trolling and unsubstantiative. It is also (con)ceding your position as indefensible and not worth talking about.
          • Geisterde 3y ago
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