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by auct 1279 days ago
Dictators shield every decision with "public opinion", but forgot to mention that public opinion they write themselves.

Like what is coincidence that when Tesla stocks flops, Tesla investors want musk to get out from twitter ceo and some poll that is controlled by musk say people want him leave.

I personally don't care, but I smell shenanigans.

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"It's not who votes, but who counts the vote that counts."

Often attributed to Joseph Stalin, amongst others, though Thomas Nast seems to be the actual source in 1871, with the version:

Boss Tweed: "As long as I count the Votes, what are you going to do about it? say?"

<https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/01/28/count-votes/>