this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2024
1289 points (97.2% liked)

People Twitter

5264 readers
1585 users here now

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

  1. Mark NSFW content.
  2. No doxxing people.
  3. Must be a tweet or similar
  4. No bullying or international politcs
  5. Be excellent to each other.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
SendMeYourTaTas@sh.itjust.works
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
1289
Nov 5th? Is he planning to blow up parliament? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 months ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
149 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Isn't it amazing how much more likely we are to participate in our democracy once the barriers are taken away?

It's almost like the people whose wealth doesn't depend on showing up to a job every day wanted to be the only ones making decisions.

It took a pandemic for the states to even try it, and some states have pulled it back.