The vast majority of the humans are just along for the ride as well.

Might as well ditch the citizenship requirement while we're at it.

That's true, it won't, but the opportunities for solving the root problem(s) are much less with said convicted criminal in power than they are with him in prison.

Noo you don't understand, he's not spineless he's principled! /s

As a Digg migrant now Reddit migrant, the "has <new user base> killed our culture?" thing is a heavy dose of deja vu. No mockery intended; I think it's a reasonable question.

Do you have anything to say, or are you going to leave it at nothing?

jail: you are being detained awaiting trial

prison: you have been sentenced to detainment following a trial

afaik, anyway.