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[-] Aqarius@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Point kinda holds, though. Ignoring the long-term consequences for short-term gain seems to also feature heavily in America.

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 6 points 2 years ago

Yep only in America

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[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The county was founded by generations of people who came here with little thought to long term consequences, so it tracks

[-] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

ah yes, that short term Constitution that never held up /s

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

That was the second one. The first one was the Articles of Confederation. Lasted 8 years.

Hell, even the constitution is like a handful of good ideas, some terrible ones, and a README about how to make a pull request to add more features.

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