• penquin@lemm.ee
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    8 days ago

    I don’t know much about the US politics before 2010, that’s when I migrated to the US.

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      8 days ago

      Basically anything was approved as long as it was framed as national security.

      The terrorists won with 9/11

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        8 days ago

        Oh yeah, I’ve heard about that from some YouTube folks. Isn’t that when the patriot act was started when the government started reading people’s texts and listening to their phone calls ever since?

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          Yup, it was the catalyst that led us to where we’re at. It let the government seize unconstitutional levels of power.