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[–] dustyData 111 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This is 100% how every single dictatorship in existence today works. Almost all countries in the world hold elections. But some are more democratic than others. Every single tyrant in power today has been or claim to have been democratically elected.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago

"Authoritarians get voted in. They never get voted out."