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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Curbs Excessive Design Patent Damages by Double_Cast on Thursday December 08, 2016 @11:31PM (#13136695)
I agree. "Polis" is the root of both "politics" and "policy" [0]. The modern definition of policy extends to groups both larger or smaller than cities. I don't know which claim is under dispute.

[0] http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=policy&allowed_in_f...

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Curbs Excessive Design Patent Damages by hisham_hm on Friday December 09, 2016 @08:14AM (#13138540)
"Politics" and "policy" even translate today to the same word in Portuguese and Spanish (and probably others).

  * "public policy" = "políticas públicas"
  * "company policy" = "política da companhia"
  * "political campaign" = "campanha política"
  * "gender politics" = "políticas de gênero"
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