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Frank Bennett 🇯🇵@fgbjr@indieweb.social
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Does it strike anyone else as weird, cringe, and somehow telling that most members of the US Congress incessantly claim to speak for "the American people," and almost never for "my constituents?"
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Jun 27, 2026, 01:56 UTCen
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Hamish Buchanan@hamishb@mstdn.ca
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Replying to an earlier post

@fgbjr It’s happening everywhere in the world. “The people” means “my select few.” People who assume it includes them are dupes.

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