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wongarsu 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament

Those are more like aristocracies or oligarchies than dictatorships though. Though maybe those are not the best descriptions of Iran either

cess11 3 months ago [–]

There is a long tradition of calling rule without care for the ruled 'tyranny'. Aristotle considered this the worst perversion of the best form of government, i.e. monarchy.

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