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  • In 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act into law. In theory, this outlawed the Communist Party of the United States and banned communists from serving in certain roles.

    WTF

    [It passed because] many opposed communism because of its explicitly declared and historically demonstrable goal to undermine liberal democracy. In the words of Ernest van den Haag, there was “no place in democracy for those who want to abolish [it] even with a peaceful vote”.

    • Wikipedia

    The irony of using it here would be palpable







  • On any site with unverified signups (all of them) you can’t.

    If you want to talk to real people, you’d have to use a platform that has in-person ID verification. Like a pub, or a park.

    Good luck finding a bot free place on your phone. It’d have to involve zero-sum proofs and biometrics. And even then you can’t really be sure that person isn’t using a bot to write without full root access to their system and a live webcam feed.