Post Ax5kbyLB7hms652hxA by Harald_Korneliussen@mastodon.partipirate.org
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 (DIR) Post #Ax5K8cU6hsXd6cYuUC by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-08-12T06:15:56Z
       
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       it’s disconcerting when you realize we are living in a country whose the state follows laws only as a matter of habit, whose leaders override those laws and act on whim whenever they choose to, until, over time, there is not much left of the old habits of law.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax5kbyLB7hms652hxA by Harald_Korneliussen@mastodon.partipirate.org
       2025-08-12T11:12:31Z
       
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       @interfluidity https://mastodon.partipirate.org/@Harald_Korneliussen/114319533449036478 (needs machine translation but you get the gist)
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax5yiqJCmZr8ZXI2YS by curtosis@mastodon.social
       2025-08-12T13:50:38Z
       
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       @interfluidity It’s especially jarring against the backdrop of obsessive legal compliance endemic in the (actual) civil service. A tiny example: It seems impossible to believe federal contractors wouldn’t email the contractors directly, so as to avoid even the appearance of improperly directing the use of appropriated funds.