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by greggarious 3015 days ago
>30 years from now, candidates for president of the United States will have their old social media posts under a microscope.

You're assuming the United States exists in 30 years, and that it still elects its leader by popular vote :)
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theandrewbailey 3015 days ago
You're assuming the United States elects its leader by popular vote. I guess you didn't check the latest results.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele...

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greggarious 3011 days ago
>You're assuming the United States elects its leader by popular vote.

We do currently, albeit indirectly. I could see a future where we no longer hold elections and have the electoral college pick the president without any pretense of voting.

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cuckcuckspruce 3015 days ago
It would really be a change if we elected the president by popular vote because we don't now and haven't ever.
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