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      11 months ago

      I said this about Assad as well, but when someone is a forever ruler, it may not be as democratic as the name implies

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      11 months ago

      Of course. I am not going to defend the particular choice of countries in that picture. Where is South Korea, for example? However. Democracy is greater than just democratic election. Fascists in Germany also come to power in a free democratic election, does not make Nazi Germany a democratic country.

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        11 months ago

        The nazis in Germany came to power in the “Machtergreifung” (seizure of power).
        In the last free democratic election, they got 33% of the vote.

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          Yes, but it was by far the largest (the second party got just 20%) and in multiparty system that was enough to later enact laws that made it into dictatorship.