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zug_zugtoday at 2:29 AM1 replyview on HN

I used to think like that. Now in my country we have a president who would use that to deport or target political opponents, track people who criticize Israel, etc.

You can never put the genie back in the bottle and you never know who will be in charge in 20 years


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amaranttoday at 5:00 AM

Yeah but the US was never a full democracy. Part of the problem with the US is that the president has way too much power to begin with.

If trump was elected prime minister of Sweden, he wouldn't have been able to do half the stuff he's done.

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