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“We’ve Become Now an Oligarchy Instead of a Democracy” - President Jimmy Carter (lemmy.world)
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[–] isles 6 points 1 month ago

3rd option could be he realized most people bought the propaganda and he'd convince more people if he indicated it changed along the way. "We were a democracy but now we're not" is a shorter bridge to walk than "everything you've learned about the US isn't correct"