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norms don't even mean anything. Slavery was a norm once upon a time. So was colonialism. As long as the elected have constitutionally specified majorities, they should be allowed to change rules.

And it is the other side's duty to stop the winners from implementing a partisan agenda. Either way.

Without these struggles, democracy is pointless. It's just some kind of theocracy with extra steps.



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