# How would \*your\* life actually change if (the person you don't support) was president?

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**Created:** [November 22, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-your-life-actually-change-if-the-person-you-dont-support-was-president/561522 "2010-11-22T05:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-your-life-actually-change-if-the-person-you-dont-support-was-president/561522/21 "2010-11-22T17:39:57Z")

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-your-life-actually-change-if-the-person-you-dont-support-was-president/561522/22 "2010-11-22T17:40:51Z")

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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> This is just flat wrong.
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> Of course governments affect their economies. If they didn’t then you are saying there is no difference between the (formerly) Communist Soviet Union and Capitalist United States as far as their economies are concerned because governments have no impact on that.

This is a thread about the US, and I am referring to the US government. If one of our major political parties adopts a communist ideology, I’ll amend my post.

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