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Citizen or subject? ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠉⠇⠥⠃⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠉⠗⠑⠁⠞⠑⠀⠁⠀⠇⠁⠗⠛⠑⠀⠛⠕⠇⠋⠀⠉⠇⠥⠃⠂⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓
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⠍⠑⠍⠃⠑⠗⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠇⠁⠗⠛⠑⠀⠛⠕⠇⠋⠀⠉⠇⠥⠃⠂⠀⠺⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀
⠁⠝⠽⠀⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠍⠀⠑⠝⠞⠑⠗⠞⠁⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠁⠃⠎⠥⠗⠙⠀
⠞⠓⠕⠥⠛⠓⠞⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠓⠑⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠃⠑⠉⠕⠍⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠀⠍⠑⠍⠃⠑⠗⠀⠕⠋
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⠍⠑⠍⠃⠑⠗⠀⠕⠋⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠑⠭⠊⠎⠞⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠎⠍⠁⠇⠇⠑⠗⠀⠀
⠁⠞⠓⠇⠑⠞⠊⠉⠀⠉⠇⠥⠃⠦⠀⠠⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀⠊⠎⠀⠑⠭⠁⠉⠞⠇⠽⠀⠺⠓⠁⠞⠀
⠓⠁⠏⠏⠑⠝⠑⠙⠀⠺⠓⠑⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠁⠍⠑⠗⠊⠉⠁⠝⠀⠏⠑⠕⠏⠇⠑⠀⠀⠁⠎⠀⠁
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⠉⠊⠞⠊⠵⠑⠝⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠝⠑⠺⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠇⠁⠗⠛⠑⠗⠀⠏⠕⠇⠊⠞⠊⠉⠁⠇
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⠎⠥⠏⠏⠕⠎⠑⠙⠀⠠⠑⠊⠛⠓⠞⠑⠑⠝⠞⠓⠀⠠⠁⠍⠑⠝⠙⠍⠑⠝⠞⠲⠀⠠⠃⠥⠞⠀⠊⠞
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