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    10 days ago

    Even during that time he wasn’t stopped. he was still pulling the strings in Congress. he was still shaping the national narrative.

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      10 days ago

      And not voting Dem was going to change that, how exactly? Where I’m sitting, it looks like you saw all that indirect power and thought “He should have the power of the executive too :)”.

      It’s like saying “Hey, that sandwich doesn’t have every single necessary nutrient in it, might as well eat fishtank gravel instead”. My strategy being limited in scope doesn’t make yours any less impotent.

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        10 days ago

        so you know your strategy is impotent

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            9 days ago

            but it failed twice. it has a 33% success rate, and even when it supposedly succeeded he continued to weild power.

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                9 days ago

                it was the least effective strategy, since he seized power twice. it totally failed twice.

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                    9 days ago

                    every other society that has kept trump-like figures from seizing power…