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[–] 5 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

This is the only way that makes sense. Lots of people complain when a politician breaks campaign promises like:

"I am going to lower the cost of living".

It's not really a lie when they fail cause it isnt just up to them. Weaker wording like:

"I am going to try to lower the cost of living"

Would be technically non-falsifiable, but not actually matter to people.

The only things that I think would actually make sense to prosecute are intentional misrepresentation of facts, or decisions that are directly in their power.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago

    Yeah I would go even further and say it shouldn't apply to broken promises unless there is evidence they never intended to do it. Like maybe they promise "I will [reverse some policy] on day one" and then, idk the country goes to war and reversing that policy isn't feasible. I dont think politicians should be criminally liable for that.

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