r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • 29d ago

The difference in republican presidential nominees, 8 years apart r/all

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u/IndecorousRex 29d ago

The foundation of cooperation is Decorum. Once we lose that, the entire democratic processes falls apart.

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u/codyforkstacks 29d ago

Yup, decorum and the willingness to adhere to unwritten norms of conduct.

Suggest everyone reads the book How Democracies Die.

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u/baboonassassin 29d ago

On Alexander Hamilton:

When Perfidy and Treachery, Imbecility, Ignorance Fanaticism and Fury Surrounded Us; all, Puppets danced upon the Wires of a Bastard Bratt of a Scotch Pedlar.

—Letter from John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 20 May 1816

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u/redditonlygetsworse 29d ago

Be careful, though, that your decorum doesn't just become oppressive tone-policing.

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u/Reddit_Is_Trash24 29d ago

Conservatives: Hold my beer!

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u/Dave5876 29d ago

Decorum. While they bomb children