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hirako2000today at 12:01 PM1 replyview on HN

Competitively authoritarian, so, democratic.

If Singapore isn't a democracy then the U.S is a dictature.


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zuzululutoday at 4:25 PM

Merit remains the foundation of its ruling style, the other, whatever suits the mood of the ruling power behind democratic labels and institutions that ultimately have violated its own constitution.

People throw out the word democracy like they know what it is.