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		GabrielBen on Oct 27, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Zealand to ban foreigners from buying existing... What a nuance. If people vote for a dictatorship, is it a democracy?

mantas on Oct 27, 2017 [–]

I was referring to this bit in post I replied to:

> Subverting a council of the landowning aristocracy (local city govt) with a democracy (state government).

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