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by peterwwillis 2678 days ago
Throughout human history, people have published information in order to discredit or defame their opponents. Sometimes this has worked. But in the majority of cases, what determined the result was the climate around said evidence, not the evidence itself.

I can show verifiable, witnessed audio recordings of a guy saying he likes to grab women by the pussy, but that won't stop that guy from becoming President. Powerful tools don't run societies, people do.