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		linuxhansl 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump wins presidency for second time “Every [democratic] country has the government it deserves.” ― Joseph de Maistre

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"It is considered democratic, for example, that state offices are filled by lot, and oligarchic that they are filled by election" — Aristotle, Politics

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