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Re:Microsoft president: Orwell’s 1984 could happen in 2024 by unishark on Thursday May 27, 2021 @01:36AM (#27299744)
Liberal democracy has that liberal part though, which means rights and freedom and is pretty clearly in opposition to authoritarianism.
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Re:Microsoft president: Orwell’s 1984 could happen in 2024 by glial on Thursday May 27, 2021 @02:32PM (#27306428)
Sure, but there is a strong current trend towards illiberal democracy throughout the world (Brazil, Hungary, Poland, arguably USA).
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