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Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by vkou on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:40PM (#12116695)
The People's Democratic Republic of North Korea considers itself 'democratic' - it's even in the name!
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Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by alkonaut on Monday July 18, 2016 @03:05PM (#12117367)
As did east Germany. I can't think of a single country with "Democratic" in the name that was actually democratic?

It's like buying a product that says "high quality" something on it.

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