# What's the most undemocratic thing US politicians ever rammed down the public throat?

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> I believe that was the Statesmen-Fellatory Conscription Act of 1893. It’s not much remembered now, as it only applied to Negroes.

As I understand it, the law was technically color-blind and only considered lip size. (:p:p:p:p:p)

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