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[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)

American Spectator, so probably H.L. Mencken wrote that.

He also wrote this: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 9 points 5 days ago

Damn, that quote is even better than Jefferson's. A more civilized FAFO.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The old days when politicians didn't deny their scandals...

[–] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 11 points 5 days ago

The old days when politicians had scandales like having a pregnant girlfriend.

[–] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

And these scandals feel way more tame than what we are used to seeing on the news nowadays.