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throw7today at 12:52 AM2 repliesview on HN

"AB 1043 passed the California Assembly 76–0 and the Senate 38–0. Not a single legislator voted against it."

Amazing. We the people are not engaged. It really feels like we're at the end of history or something.


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ArchieScrivenertoday at 2:51 AM

We The People are simply no longer represented. Do the math on historic representation ratios and you'll quickly see the first consolidation (long before corporate or bureaucratic) was Representation. We are about 6500 Reps shy of an actual Democratic Republic.

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tim333today at 1:03 PM

Or that some normal people want to protect kids and don't freak out over "It asked my age! This is a Nazi state and the end of the world!"