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But also: government functions aren't supposed to run as 'lean' as corporations - there's value in having some excess that's ready to absorb when needed. It's OK to have firefighters sitting around doing nothing at times cause when they're needed, you need them right away and can't wait to hire up.
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There's going to be a very popular strand of online argument which says "Well he just DID!" either because "useless libs don't get it anymore!!" or because "you fools, you clowns, the law means nothing now" and that is very much a mix of ignorance and surrender masquerading as cynicism IMO.
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One of the all time greats:
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4/Stoking voters' alienation from the status quo (i.e., rule of law, real elections) is necessary in order to attach them to Trump, who promises a salvation from the decadence of the current establishment. You have to detach people from democracy before re-attaching them to a fascist movement.
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I will grant you they look more ridiculous than a pickup truck with furniture in the flatbed :)
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I've thought that they look ridiculous but then realize (in the urban environments I've seen them in) they're not any more ridiculous than any other pickup truck
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#birdtherapy I suppose?
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Weren't we supposed to be taxing vacant properties?