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		billy99k 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CBP is monitoring US drivers and detaining those w... Canada has been authoritarian for awhile, while trying to claim to be 'nice'. The protestors during Covid got de-banked, fired, and arrested. Democracies with Liberal leaders can quite literally get away with murder.

bigyabai 4 months ago [–]

> Democracies with Liberal leaders can quite literally get away with murder.

I mean, so can Saudi Arabia and Israel. It's less about being a democratic liberal, and more about having the right connections.

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