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CousinIT

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4. They're trying to remove "consent of the governed" making the US an authoritarian dictatorship.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:58 PM

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Their policies and ideals stink. Most people hate them. Their solution isn’t to modify their policies and ideals but rather to ensure that only the few that support them can vote.

That’s not “consent of the governed”. It’s “we’re going to do what we want, fuck you.”

Like, you know, rapists. They hate consent too.

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