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Blaz3 t1_j86rk3o wrote

At what point can we acknowledge that "lobbying" has just turned into legal bribery? This is anti-consumer behaviour. The EU has been the only thing that's keeping big tech at bay with good laws for the consumer

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[deleted] t1_j87d8v5 wrote

Campaign contributions are bribery.

Lobbying is a corporatocracy. We elect politicians but it turns out the unelected corporations make the actual decisions.

Stock buybacks are a tax dodge to funnel billions to billionaires.

The US government is no longer a functioning entity.

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MrPineApples420 t1_j87jz0f wrote

The experiment has failed, time to just give the land back to England.

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master_sauce t1_j88p7bp wrote

You mean the indigenous people who were here first…

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Nacho_Dan677 t1_j8911a5 wrote

Trump was right, we do need a wall. Just not in the present time and not for the purpose he intended.

Keep out the colonizers and see what the country could have developed into.

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MrPineApples420 t1_j8953xw wrote

So the chiefs can just keep foreign aid payments instead of government grants while their people go without food and water…

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OneWingedA t1_j88jlq8 wrote

What about the bits that came from Spain, France, and Russia?

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MrPineApples420 t1_j895c4p wrote

What about them ? England has the strongest claim to the land..

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OneWingedA t1_j897c78 wrote

England has a stronger claim to the land that was bought/won from and originally claimed by other European powers? They are further removed than their counter parts even with the argument America is a former British colony

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MrPineApples420 t1_j898022 wrote

Well when you sell the land, I’d argue you sell any claim to it as well ?

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OneWingedA t1_j898ewn wrote

Did England not give up their claim in recognizing America as an independent county then

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MrPineApples420 t1_j898lzm wrote

Well it’s not like they gave up Canada ? They still had territory in the region. Arguably they have the strongest claim.

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OneWingedA t1_j899ick wrote

But Canada is also an independent country. They defer to the crown but unlike the United Kingdoms they aren't ruled by British law

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MrPineApples420 t1_j899st2 wrote

We only became a dominion 100 years after you lot started dumping tea…

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Rethious t1_j87lh5s wrote

There’s no bribery involved, Hochul is just a well-documented idiot. There was nothing forcing her to agree to what the lobbyists from the companies said, she was just genuinely swayed and signed their suggested amendments.

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