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Irish_Dem

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4. Exactly. There is no honor system where there is no honor.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 09:01 AM
Nov 2024

And that is all our government was based on.
An honor system and gentlemen's agreement.

All of the things we learned as school children, were all lies.
Separation of church and state.
Three independent branches of government.
A nation of laws.

I didn't realize how fragile and weak our democracy is.

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