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<p>seems like a good way to vet Senators?</p>
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<p><i><span style="color: rgb(15, 20, 25); font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Joining the council involved a grueling initiation. Each candidate's septum was pierced. His clothes were torn off, and people pushed & insulted him, testing his patience. Finally, he lived in a temple for two years where he observed deprivations & received training in ethics.</span></i></p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I can think of a few who would never
even consider the job, much less make it through the initiation.
Millenials and Xers would have an advantage on the Septum thing.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/28/21 8:16 AM, uǝlƃ ☤>$ wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Tlaxcallan - a republic ruled by an assembly of commoners & nobles.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/mnvrsngh/status/1423268262435954688">https://twitter.com/mnvrsngh/status/1423268262435954688</a>
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