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Democracy has, broadly, shifted from a flat-rate one-person-one-vote model to a corporate, buy-as-many-votes-as-you-like model.

— Adam Roberts

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“There is always war,” said Dakkar, coldly. “There will always be war, whilst empires oppress and distort human potential.”

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“Do not,” Dakkar barked, “juxtapose yourself and myself in any sentence your mouth may form!

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Nobody can overthrow the fascist dictator by being nicer than him. The reason for this is: by definition everybody is always already nicer than the fascist dictator.

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Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.

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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!

Vladimir Lenin The State and Revolution (1917)

The law itself is the instrument of the ruling class; hence it is a logical impossibility for another class to assume power legally.

Oliver Cox Caste, Class, and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics (1948)

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity.

Gustave Flaubert

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