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[-] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago

American Spectator, so probably H.L. Mencken wrote that.

He also wrote this: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 7 months ago

Damn, that quote is even better than Jefferson's. A more civilized FAFO.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago

The old days when politicians didn't deny their scandals...

[-] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 11 points 7 months ago

The old days when politicians had scandales like having a pregnant girlfriend.

[-] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

And these scandals feel way more tame than what we are used to seeing on the news nowadays.

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