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ks2048 on April 26, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U....

If the median American thought the Earth was flat, should it treat that as a valid theory?

flanked-evergl on April 26, 2025 | [–]

Politics concerns what ought to be, not what is.

sandspar on April 26, 2025 | [–]

If only if were that easy. American politics is mostly fought over interpretations, not simple facts.

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