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Re:An Anarchist Critique of Democracy (2005) by lacker on Sunday December 17, 2017 @02:38AM (#15944687)
Churchill, however, was voted the Greatest Briton of 20th century for some reason.

Well, Britain didn't get taken over by the Nazis. That's kind of a good accomplishment

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Re:An Anarchist Critique of Democracy (2005) by kirk781 on Sunday December 17, 2017 @10:56PM (#15949282)
Soviet Union too didn't get over-run by Nazis and they infact, contributed largely to the war effort[much more than the British]. By your logic, Stalin should be the most worshipped guy of the last century.
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Re:An Anarchist Critique of Democracy (2005) by ivm on Sunday December 17, 2017 @08:51AM (#15945752)
...of a huge number of people.

But war victories usually come with cultural domination and glorifying winners' favorite mass murderers as a bonus.

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