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w0de0 5 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 5 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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