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minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·1 year agoIt’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·1 year agoI believe the term for this is “political blackmail”. Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
minus-squaremynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 year agoSounds like terrorism to me
minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoNo, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
It’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”.
Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
Sounds like terrorism to me
No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.