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The notion of electoral political 'consent' is mostly an excuse for sadism
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Date: April 3rd, 2026 6:21 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. and because it is funny. that's why i use it, even though i have not believed in abstract notions of democratic political consent for years.
the most basic expression is something like "THEY VOTED FOR IT!," which may or may not be true (or may be 'true' along a gradient) in a given case. but the deeper impulse is sadism. to mock people and imagine them suffering in some fashion because you don't like them.
that's the individual level. it becomes more interesting at the institutional level, since institutions and even politicians themselves enact the same impulses. |