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Old 07-29-2019, 05:45 PM   #2065 (permalink)
Frownland
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You know that there's, like, a whole world outside of America & trump right?
Idk about that

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I guess you aren't aware of Putin's global campaign to disrupt democracy then.
I wouldn't call it an attempt to disrupt democracy. It's more that he's trying to preserve his power by destabilizing threats from within. And it goes way further back than Putin.

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That's the thing. They really haven't been like that in the past. We are headed for uncharted territory, but people have already become numb to the amount of offenses he's accrued.
The executive branch has been expanding to a terrifying degree under every president from Reagan on, with Bush Jr and Obama being the worst contenders. Trump is just reaping the benefits of that as he drives us further down that road.
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