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minus-squareThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-22 days agoYep. When we didn’t punish to the fullest extent for what were crimes against the very concepts of democracy, we only gave permission for others to try again later, and time to better plan. They’ve literally been building to this since then.
minus-squareDaMummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·2 days agoThose were crimes of the past. We have to look to the future.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoYeah that was Ford’s excuse at the time, too
Yep. When we didn’t punish to the fullest extent for what were crimes against the very concepts of democracy, we only gave permission for others to try again later, and time to better plan. They’ve literally been building to this since then.
Those were crimes of the past. We have to look to the future.
Yeah that was Ford’s excuse at the time, too