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   Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 03:49:14 JST Hyolobrika

   • lainy
   @lain If you define democracy as more than just voting (which is often done) this might actually be true. People go on and on about how supposedly people are voting based on misinfo and fake news, and I think if that's true maybe we shouldn't have voting at all.
   I'd much rather sacrifice voting for free speech and rule of law than the other way around.
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 03:49:13 JST lainy

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     @Hyolobrika indeed, if you define democracy in a way that 99% of people wouldn’t, it might be true.
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 06:22:35 JST lainy

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     @Hyolobrika okay, but what gives power to the people? When I lived in a democracy and voted, no candidate I voted for ever got elected. When I moved to a monarchy, I got most of what I wanted.
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     Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 06:22:36 JST Hyolobrika

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     • lainy
     @lain I thought loads of people define democracy broadly as anything that gives power to the people or limits the power of government, not *just* voting
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:01:27 JST lainy

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     • Robert von Oliva
     @naruciakk @Hyolobrika uae
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     Robert von Oliva (naruciakk@ak.kawen.space)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:01:29 JST Robert von Oliva

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     • lainy
     @lain @Hyolobrika >When I moved to a monarchy
     What monarchy was that? Was that Japan with their highly compromise-driven democratic system?
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:04:14 JST lainy

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     • Robert von Oliva
     @Hyolobrika @naruciakk lol I live in the uae not Saudi
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     Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:04:15 JST Hyolobrika

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     • Robert von Oliva
     @naruciakk @lain He's probably referring to when he moved to Suadi Arabia?
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:06:03 JST lainy

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     @Hyolobrika I might be, what’s the point
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     Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:06:04 JST Hyolobrika

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     • lainy
     @lain I think you're misunderstanding my point
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:08:33 JST lainy

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     • Robert von Oliva
     • Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader:
     @nerthos @naruciakk @Hyolobrika there’s capital punishment in the land of the free
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     Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader: (nerthos@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:08:34 JST Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader:

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     • Robert von Oliva
     @lain @naruciakk @Hyolobrika Saudi is NNN all year round (capital punishment)
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     Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader: (nerthos@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:10:53 JST Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader:

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     • Robert von Oliva
     @lain @naruciakk @Hyolobrika I think it's pretty based honestly. Killing journos and bonking the horny? sign me up.
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:10:53 JST lainy

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     • Qadse Sanur Qut ibn Quaadibz :catsader:
     @nerthos @naruciakk @Hyolobrika meh, the journalist they killed was a historical rival family, journalism didn’t really play into it
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:12:34 JST lainy

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     • Robert von Oliva
     @naruciakk @Hyolobrika fake news (sheikh slashed alcohol taxes to zero last year)
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     Robert von Oliva (naruciakk@ak.kawen.space)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 07:12:35 JST Robert von Oliva

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     • lainy
     @lain @Hyolobrika >no alcohol
     I mean, I'm a teetotaller, but that sounds pretty bad. And the other stuff probably too