• wildbus8979
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    5 months ago

    They’ve been playing that game since Reagan, so yeah.

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      5 months ago

      You also want that juicy carrot at the end of that stick during an election year. Ensure your voters are going to vote for you or else risking losing your whole democracy.

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        5 months ago

        Counter point - you get them installed so they can make meaningful decisions that help the people and then constantly remind the public:

        We did that! We did that! We did that! Vote for us and there will be more of that.