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Nezmith 237 points ago +238 / -1

Lmfao

We have 0 power now and they're accusing us of destroying democracy still? Ah, how I hate the left.

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doug2 55 points ago +56 / -1

We have plenty of power, we're being gaslit into believing we don't. In fact, we have an absolute monopoly on power, if half of the U.S. Citizenry armed themselves and marched on Capitol Hill we would have Trump back in and the commies on a plane to Mexico before the day was over.

Obviously this isnt a call to action federal faggots it's a thought experiment to demonstrate a forgotten truth.... that the government serves only because they have the consent of the governed. They ARE us. It isn't some different, unbending force, it's a system we've set up because it seems reasonable and helpful to us. We can also test it down when it becomes a detrimental force like it is now.

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Nezmith 30 points ago +31 / -1

Perhaps I should say zero effective power, because we don't use it.

Maybe they're right in that case. We are complicit in the destruction of democracy because we're able to do something about it and won't.

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AlGore 15 points ago +17 / -2

Consider what effective power is. Tweets like this are intended to get a reaction out of you and further divide the country.

Getting into a shouting match on Twitter is absolutely useless, and airing your greivances on Social Media has made American's easy targets for subversion from foreign actors.

Get off Social Media, period.