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it's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely know (sh.itjust.works)

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

In what world does a dictatorship require everyone else to die if they don't agree? They have control over the institution, but they don't have total control over every individual.

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