At what numbers of arrested will the government reverse the designation?

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I was fruitful and multiplied, its hard to organize a large migration of people, some of whom want to stay.

I will travel, but am rather tied to this area, even if I do not see it changing for the better in my lifetime

I agree with mastodon, even though eventually Texas will enact similar legislation forcing me to use a vpn to read it

Ritual abuse is prevalent in most countries.

There is still an aversion to talking about it, even when the abusers hold little influence in society.

Everything is many times worse when the perpetrators hold real power

I lost count of how many times Hamas agreed to different proposals, only for Israel to continue

The teachers I had opened the window and shouted at the office

I have envied people who are fully aware and alert and ready when they wake up.

For me, it takes longer than a few minutes

Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.

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Probably some of both

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This is a brilliant maneuver

The fact that Trump is reacting to Medvedev, the powerless guy who drunk posts, is mildly interesting and shows the orange devil is desperate for distractions

The term confuses me in politics: it seems to have too many meanings; and even the agreed definitions are flexible.

Historically, democracy only allowed free males who were land owners to vote. A minority.

In the last few generations the wealthy have come up with clever ideas to hold onto power while expanding the vote to the majority.

So, I think Democracy is defined by periodically changing some of the government by the voting of some people. And the votes must be counted in front of witnesses.

This is my definition of democracy only; and not me arguing for it, personally I don’t think it works well enough

Yes, as practiced it’s mostly theatrics and the working class does not take power due to many controls and mental conditioning.

Democracy gives the illusion of control.

But many of these countries are by definition democracies

Yes: As long as people can vote, kick the other government out, and replace it with worse, maybe better.

I think where the confusion lies at, is the very definition of democracy. Democracy does not mean good governance or even particularly fair treatment. It had nothing to do with socialism or helping the disadvantaged. It simply means it can be replaced using voting.

I think the democracies of the west are overhyped oligarchies; but they are democracies

One is a quickly developing powerhouse.

The other is a democracy. It’s main opposition party had promised to allow porn again and is wildly successful

This tech we all use is advancing exponentially.

And we must be ready to embrace the dizzying changes in the next few years so that we can improve our lives and have better governments.