...from across the pond. We still love the USA!
Happy 4th of July
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#2There is so much to love. Happy 4th!
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#3thanks. it’s hard to keep the faith, sometimes, but external validation does actually help.
Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only ... that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold.
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#4Happy Independence Day!
Keep thinking independently, Americans.
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#5thanks. it’s hard to keep the faith, sometimes, but external validation does actually help. Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only ... that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
The author's identity remains disputed, the idea remains true.
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#7Happy Independence Day from the Great White North!
In tribute, I hope that 4 of you upvote this comment so that my karma reaches 1776 :-)
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Given a disproportionate number of HN users are in California, no we don't actually "choose" congress in any reasonable sense. We get to pick 2 people to represent ~40M people in the Senate, whereas the ~500k people of Wyoming get to pick 2 representative as well. Given how our institutions work, the people of Wyoming have vastly more influence on a per capita basis than those in California, which is evidenced in our recent Supreme Court turn to the batshit insane side of reality.
WONTFIX: NEEDS REFACTOR
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#9Happy Independence Day from the Great White North! In tribute, I hope that 4 of you upvote this comment so that my karma reaches 1776 :-)
Looks like you overshot. I gave you a downvote to help out.
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Given a disproportionate number of HN users are in California, no we don't actually "choose" congress in any reasonable sense. We get to pick 2 people to represent ~40M people in the Senate, whereas the ~500k people of Wyoming get to pick 2 representative as well. Given how our institutions work, the people of Wyoming have vastly more influence on a per capita basis than those in California, which is evidenced in our…
Doesn’t Belgium also have the the same number of UN representatives as India?