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6. when the American public started to be referred to as "consumers" instead of citizens...

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:03 AM

16 hrs ago

that's when things started top degrade

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no one is coming to save us. it's on us. [View all] Javaman 16 hrs ago OP

Join or donate to Indivisible. gab13by13 16 hrs ago #1

I have a terrifying theory about that. Javaman 16 hrs ago #3

yes, "we got lazy with our democracy" markie 16 hrs ago #4

Not lazy, complicit. 89 million people couldn't be bothered to vote. flvegan 16 hrs ago #5

I still think that is lazy. Javaman 16 hrs ago #7

It will just be done, like Venezuela kerouac2 15 hrs ago #10