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> The US is a bipartisan, democratic system where members of Congress can draft a proposal for a new law and send it to both the Senate and House for voting.

> It's a rigorous process with lost of scrutiny and debate.

Do you also still believe in Santa Claus?



Listen, what we have isn't perfect and can be improved, but it's lightyears ahead of whatever """democracy""" russia claims to have. Where in russia can you publicly decry the "you can't badmouth the military" law that was passed during the war? Where can you recall your local politician for voting against your interests? Who can "impeach" putin in russia?

We may suck at using the tools we have available, because americans are apathetic and kinda lazy and often purposely disenfranchised, but the tools are like 80% of the way there.


Can Americans talk about Hunter Biden's laptop? Is Matt Taibbi being targeted by the IRS because of the Twitter Files? Was it permitted to question COVID? Or the vaccines? Is it allowed to question the Russia-Ukraine war narrative and call it a proxy-war? Is it allowed to say that Zelensky is extremely corrupt and simply pocketing all the money? Is it allowed to talk about the Ukrainian nazis?

Are Americans allowed to vote on whether or not to give endless amounts of money to Ukraine?

And on and on




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