• Madison420@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Not at all. That’s arguing one of the two of those things is broken and on this case it’s both.

    Both can be true at the same time.

    In this case no, you’re simply making conclusions based on your reading of it not the actual words in it.

    Not reading and understanding the whole comment thread before responding is a bad look.

    Agreed, you should have a look at your comments and take it to heart yourself.

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      24 hours ago

      Now I am curios, what does this sentence mean in your head?

      A system that can elect a felon faster than prosecute him is fundamentally broken.

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        23 hours ago

        That the system is fundamentally broken which you’ve already agreed with.

        Ed: curious not curios.

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          22 hours ago

          There is no “the system” in that sentence. The sentence is a generalization, not talking about a specific system.

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            23 hours ago

            The system [of government, you bafoon]. Stating you dont understand interference probably isn’t going to help you.

            It is specifically talking about the system of election and prosecution in this country ironically both executive functions so “the system” is incredibly accurate.

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                22 hours ago

                The is the inferred word and notably it doesn’t change the subject or idea if removed. Ie. It’s pointless fluff that context makes redundant.

                Ed: like you understand we’re talking about the us system of government specifically prosecution and elections. “A system” in context is “the system” as we don’t have multiple forms of government in the United States. You can imply drug use but that just means you have less of a grasp of English than someone you think is high which is more of an insult to you than it is to me boss.

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                  The is the inferred word and notably it doesn’t change the subject or idea if removed

                  But it is not removed, it is replaced by “A”, an indefinite article. As in “Any system that satisfies the given condition is broken”.

                  Words have meaning. You deciding to replace a word for a different word with a different meaning is you misreading. Not inference and everyone else misunderstanding.

                  So no, the sentence is not talking about the US system specifically, but making an observation about governing systems in general. Which is what I and masterspace disagreed with.

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                    22 hours ago

                    A system meaning the US system of government.

                    Yes they all have meaning, in this case none of them change the subject or idea so either or none are acceptable. That’s just how English works and you’re not having the gotcha moment you seem to think you’re having.