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A university president makes a case against cowardice

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450 points pseudolus | 2 comments | 03 Apr 25 12:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.596s | source
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trentnix ◴[04 Apr 25 01:33 UTC] No.43577444[source]▶
If you don’t want to be subject to the whims of whoever is in office, don’t take the poison pill of government money.
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altacc ◴[04 Apr 25 13:16 UTC] No.43581888[source]▶
If only politics was limited to affecting those who opted in. But mostly government shouldn't be the whims of one individual, it should be much more considered than that.
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1. mathgradthrow ◴[04 Apr 25 20:45 UTC] No.43587435[source]▶
These do not represent the whims of one person. Donald Trump was elected.
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2. ceejayoz ◴[04 Apr 25 21:02 UTC] No.43587570[source]▶
An elected person can both have and act upon whims, including ones their supporters might not approve of.