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		w0de0 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon > Constitutional stasis Tickles me to see “stasis” so used - not incorrectly, ofc, but nonetheless as a perfect contranym of the original Greek. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasis_(ancient_Greece)]

JumpCrisscross 7 months ago [–]

I'd argue it's quite similar. Since Nixon, we've been in a hyperpartisan divide that doesn't permit Constitutional flexibility.

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