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relevant_thing  ·  3872 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My First Vote at the Largest Democratic System

If you're talking about that study, there are some serious methodological problems with it. First an foremost, it simply assumes that because government actions are more likely to align with the interests of the wealthy than those of the larger population, the wealthy must wield the power, while, as they say in the study, it is largely accounted for by the massive status quo bias of a bicameral legislature and the other checks and balances of the federal government.

relevant_thing  ·  4038 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There May Be A Green Light For Pot, But Not For Driving High : NPR

When an arrest makes headlines, those headlines had better better read: "One toke over the line?"

relevant_thing  ·  4062 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Am I supposed to be able to do this?

Yeah, I'd be too afraid to click random on reddit (it's not capitalized, btw). There are far too many NSFW subreddits for my taste.

relevant_thing  ·  4200 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the smartest thing to do with twenty dollars?

Especially with uncreaseable cotton paper from the Treasury. And RoseArt. (Are jokes frowned upon here? Not thoughtful enough?)

relevant_thing  ·  4200 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Have you ever said something and then immediately regretted it?

Your link is broken, here's a fixed one

relevant_thing  ·  4200 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the smartest thing to do with twenty dollars?

But you are tracked, in a way which is hardly consequential given that you most likely have your phone on your person and definitely have a credit card that you are bound to use at your destination, but is nonetheless a concern.

relevant_thing  ·  4352 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Interesting Graph from the Wonkblog: Causes of Violent Death by Age

One is for suicide, the other for homicide.