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Re: Dispassionate enough? (none / 0)
Voting isn't everything there is to democracy, though.

If you have a political culture where "that's what the commissar says" is considered a valid argument, then you have an authoritarian political culture. No matter how much you vote on who gets to be in the politburo.

Elective monarchy is still monarchy.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon Feb 10th, 2014 at 04:35:21 PM EST
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