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Obviously, the people who live there. I guess I don't understand the question. A democracy by definition involves some sort of population-derived opinion about the government. If you elect some party and then never hold another election, by what definition is the government a democracy?
by asdf on Fri Oct 6th, 2006 at 06:21:24 PM EST
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So how exactly is this OUR concern?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Sat Oct 7th, 2006 at 07:15:17 AM EST
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