# Bad Moderation in the "What happens politically if gas prices go through the roof?" thread

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You mean your rant about people living under overpasses and cooking squirrels?

> [@What happens politically if gas prices go through the roof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-politically-if-gas-prices-go-through-the-roof/1028133/18):
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> What’s the line? Something like “America is full of millions of people who will be willingly reduced to living under a bridge eating a squirrel off a stick, if it means the people they hate don’t have a squirrel or a stick.”

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