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Vogon_Glory

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4. The burned hand teaches best

Reply to J_William_Ryan (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:31 AM

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Those Iowa voters awakening to the fact that they chose to elect people who are screwing them over got taught not by reason, not by appeals to fairness, not to appeals to what the US ought to stand for, but by pain: the pain they refused to forsee.

Sadly, burned hands seem to teach better than good times and appeals to the common good. I hope Iowa voters take this lesson to heart and don’t forget what they’re about to learn the hard way. Otherwise they’ll see the politicians who did unto them slink back into office in 2028 and beyond.

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