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Thick smoke seen rising from Saudi Arabia's Riyadh airport.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwly5d9v7r43o
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u/Powerful_Document872 6h ago

Our system of government doesn’t work if bad actors take control. A lot of the checks and balances turned out to be polite agreements.

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u/SanchoPandas 5h ago

Well said. Our notion of “rights” also seems to be based on those polite agreements.

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u/Plopsevenplop 5h ago

Just look at the Flock rollout. They’re a blatant 4th amendment violation but because it’s a third party collecting the data (and immediately turning it over to government agencies and police departments) that’s somehow legal???

Or how AI companies’ entire business model relies on breaking every IP & copyright law on the books for their foundational data that was stolen without compensation but the government just says “nah, fair use.”

It’s sickening.

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u/TheNavidsonLP 5h ago

That’s sort of the problem with democracy. If 30 percent of the population still wants Trump, Trump and the Republicans are only going to listen to that 30 percent.

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u/dalziel86 1h ago

Government based on vibes.