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wongarsuyesterday at 4:00 PM1 replyview on HN

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


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cess11yesterday at 6:23 PM

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.