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		agarren on Sept 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Queen Elizabeth II has died It’s completely different, that’s without a doubt. Whether or not a US President “answer[s] to the poeple” is debatable. W Bush taking the country to Iraq again, against a significant majority of the people comes to mind.

dustincoates on Sept 8, 2022 | [–]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_in_the_United...

Support for the Iraq War at the time of invasion was either close to or a majority.

pclmulqdq on Sept 8, 2022 | [–]

Throughout history, the people have tried to say "tut tut" to the president, and the response is usually large amounts of police violence.

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