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Walleye

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3. Yes, it is much easier to live with the consequences of your own decisions than some that you feel you w

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 14, 2025, 07:42 AM

Mar 14

Were forced into. This is really the principal behind democracy, I think. If we all feel, we had a part in making the decision will be much more likely to live with a peacefully and try and make it work. Unfortunately, elections are not used to determine the will of the people anymore.

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Your Life is Your Own [View all] no_hypocrisy Mar 14 OP

Yep somehow I'm in charge of my own life. Maybe there was a mixup somewhere or something Walleye Mar 14 #1

I'd rather make a mistake on my own terms and own it. no_hypocrisy Mar 14 #2

Yes, it is much easier to live with the consequences of your own decisions than some that you feel you w Walleye Mar 14 #3

I have no control over the cards I'm dealt. multigraincracker Mar 14 #4

💙💙💙👏👏👏 I needed to hear that message today LiberalLoner Mar 14 #5

Walk away in peace. no_hypocrisy Mar 14 #6

I sit here as one who followed that idea my entire life. OldBaldy1701E Mar 15 #7

Depends how you look at it. no_hypocrisy Mar 15 #8

But, isn't that the question? OldBaldy1701E Mar 15 #9

They were made ultimately by myself. no_hypocrisy Mar 15 #10

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