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- [T]he US electorate has been here before, many times, going back to the 1780s, in elections replete with assassination, corruption, rhetorical vitriol, and good old “dirty tricks”. The meat-grinding process by which the American democratic sausage is made has always fallen a long way short of edifying.
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[M]any commentators believe that the US system is broken. But it has seemed broken before and somehow staggers on. From some points of view, the ferocity of Trump v Clinton is evidence of vigour not breakdown. However, some observers are wondering if the shock that would reform the system might destroy it.
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coffeesp00ns · 2720 days ago · link ·
Pretty low, bar, right? "Yeah it's bad, but we could literally be using biological warfare on indigenous people."
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