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Re:German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employ... by bawolff on Sunday January 17, 2021 @07:30PM (#25816832)
> If someone wanted to leave the GDR, were they able to?

Why do you think that has anything to do with whether it is a dictatorship?

Not having free elections makes it a dictatorship (or at least not a democracy). Not allowing people to leave makes it a shitty place to live, but that is separate from if its a dictatorship.

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Re:German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employ... by chrisseaton on Sunday January 17, 2021 @07:35PM (#25816870)
People generally want to get away from dictatorships, and dictatorships generally don’t want them to leave. See for example North Korea.

How else do you explain people willing to die to leave and why do you think the party tried to stop them?

> Not having free elections makes it a dictatorship (or at least not a democracy).

That’s how it was! The leader of the dictating party does not deny this is how it was! You’re delusional!

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Re:German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employ... by DarkWiiPlayer on Monday January 18, 2021 @04:50AM (#25820064)
Democratic nations usually don't have laws preventing people from leaving, but I also agree that this isn't what makes it a dictatorship.
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Re:German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employ... by josefx on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:32PM (#25827498)
> Not having free elections makes it a dictatorship

There is a good sign that your free elections aren't when you have 99% percent approval rating on every election. A sharp drop in approval ratings once you no longer control the elections directly may also be indicative of problems with your implementation of democracy.

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