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[โ€“] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (26 children)

I always hate the "time traveller kills Hitler" stchick.

Killing Reagan does not change the political climate that allowed him to rise to power. In fact killing him could have made things worse for the USA. See 9/11 for a recent example.

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take him out before he becomes an actor. Oh no random nobody in California got hit by a car. Too bad drunk driving is still legal ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Killing Reagan does not change the political climate that allowed him to rise to power.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In fact killing him could have made things worse for the USA. See 9/11 for a recent example.

Pretty sure they're responding to that part.

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