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as a general rule, the way to determine if you are in a democracy or not is whether or not they have two parties (not candidates, parties)
if both candidates are from the same party, then its not a democracy
and i agree with you on most of what you said, but there IS one thing i would disagree with
the notion that in a true dictatorship, you know how it is and they make their objectives and laws very clear
that is not always the case
in fact, one of the most clear signs of a dictatorship, is that you can never REALLY know if you are breaking the law or not in same cases
simply because, whether or not you broke the law is something the dictator can decide as he sees fit
you can litteraly do nothing wrong, but still get accused of being a criminal, simply because you are in the wrong place at the wrong time
or you know too much
or someone doesnt like you
or because of a mistake in identity
or because your wife strikes someone elses fancy
and so on and so forth
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