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        I mean, congress negotiated insulin priced down by over 90% average, so you’re wrong actually.

        The systems still fucked, but it’s a bit early to start erasing all the good things from the DNC majority and Biden Admin.

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            I expect enough turmoil within the republican party to make 2026 a viable turnover. Right now they can’t even agree on who their speaker should be and are heading straight into government shutdown.

            If not, it’ll at least be difficult to pass everything they want with only a 53 seat majority in the senate.

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              Don’t forget that these people exist because of the propaganda that they take in. They buy into it. They’re not yet aware that it’s a class war, not a culture war.

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    Class warfare in all its glory, going from the cold war phase to a more active phase.

    Sure, there were warnings. Remember Occupy Wall Street? Peaceful protest forcibly removed? Well, they’re back and less peaceful.

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    Maybe if more terminally ill were committing the crimes, insurance companies would be less likely to turn away patients, and a lifetime sentence wouldn’t be so bad.

    Also, jurors have power too.

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      Jury nullification is when the jury in a criminal trial gives a verdict of not guilty even though they think a defendant has broken the law. The jury’s reasons may include the belief that the law itself is unjust, that the prosecutor has misapplied the law in the defendant’s case, that the punishment for breaking the law is too harsh, or general frustrations with the criminal justice system. Some juries have also refused to convict due to their own prejudices in favor of the defendant. Such verdicts are possible because a jury has an absolute right to return any verdict it chooses. Nullification is not an official part of criminal procedure, but is the logical consequence of two rules governing the systems in which it exists:

      1. Jurors cannot be punished for passing an incorrect verdict.

      2. In many jurisdictions, a defendant who is acquitted cannot be tried a second time for the same offense.

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          Can you explain to me in a non condescending way what this comment means? Like genuinely I’m not even sure what you’re trying to say here. A person on the internet posts a link to a website to buy a silly sticker and that is somehow political tribalism? Consumerism is somewhat arguably understandable, considering you have to be a consumer to make a purchase. Although you could always just steal the design and print your own. What makes the post political tribalism though? Is there some sort of echo chamber in the fact that 99.99% of the American population would rather see exploitative CEOs die rather than their own children? Is that an unrealistic platform? What details am I missing here?

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      Oh god, I thought gas station clerks were finished cleaning dumbass’ stickers off and now you assholes are here just in time.

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      Not a lot of people are willing to put themselves between a CEO and a mass riot for $14/hr.

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        Lol where have you been? People doing monumentally stupid, dangerous and violent things for insultingly small sums of money for rich assholes is kind of our thing. If you offer silver for violence there will always be takers.

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          Disagree. People do things for profit to a point. As a veteran who’s done security work, soldiers and veterans start because of a faith in doing the right thing. Security work doesn’t have that ideology. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather go home to my family over fighting off 500 people angry about their lives. It’s an entirely different motivation, with entirely different standards to be covered. Money doesn’t buy values or standards. And when you buy security, that security can be bought. Nobody is untouchable.

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      I’ve stated previously that my next career move would be into security because there isn’t a single American who wouldn’t step out of the way at the first available opportunity and they fucking know it, so foreign security is the only real option … and I don’t need to tell them it isn’t any better just because they didn’t personally screw us.

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      I too am happy that the vast majority of people at the event were just pedestrians walking by without acknowledging them. Can you imagine if these types of people were mainstream?

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        You’re all over this thread, deepthroating the proverbial boot. Keep it up, but just know that no matter how much you lick and love that little foot glove, it won’t love you back.

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        Decent people are getting pushed too far- they are going more mainstream with each insult, financial hit, and knowledge of the two-tiered justice system.

        I’ve been saying it for years, if the Rich are not held accountable, the only option is vigilante justice. Unfortunately, it will have a lot of by-catch. But it’s not the general population‘s fault that it will come to this. It is people with money and power.

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    I sincerely hope they startle in fear every time they hear a loud noise nearby every day for the rest of their lives. I hope it turns their bowels to water.