i saw this evolve over the last couple of decades. The rise of 24 hour, effective surveillance of people who were in the spot. I think that sertitian is crucial and should be rapidly and dramatically expanded as a form of oversight. If you are on a school board and you've announced that children have to wear face masks, you can havePeople standing outside your house shouting at you and throwing things at you d and that's one of the biggest obstacles now to democracy. i don't think that's actually the solution, in terms of putting the actual people in charge. And there specialist knowledge associated with being a politician that i think is important.
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