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enriquto on May 3, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, Part IV

> the U.S. court system allows those with deep pockets to tie up the proceedings with endless delays over all kinds of arbitrary procedural matters.

This is horrific, and obviously contrary to the concepts of justice and democracy. Why do people put up with this? Can't these behaviors be voted away?

dm319 on May 3, 2021 | [–]

This is just money - it gets worse:

https://mkorostoff.github.io/incarceration-in-real-numbers/

username90 on May 3, 2021 | [–]

> Can't these behaviors be voted away?

Politicians in USA has the same problem though. You either vote for politicians bought by corporations or your vote is "wasted".

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