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phendrenad2 • yesterday at 6:43 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

If a hyper-left-leaning place like Eugene, Oregon is powerless to control their police department, what's the point of voting?


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natebc • yesterday at 8:17 PM

To flip Congress in the hopes that a few people that will actually obey The U.S. Constitution are elected.

fn-mote • yesterday at 7:09 PM

Just the police department? Seems like the politicians are complicit. That’s a problem that voting can fix.

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cowlevel • yesterday at 10:25 PM

When more people vote for the less corrupt party, both parties move further away from corruption and remain the same as each other, following Duverger's law.

loeg • yesterday at 9:31 PM

What do you think left has to do with this?

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