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Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] darklamer@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Okay, but then we also have to stop pretending that the USA is a democracy.

Yes, that is long overdue.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B

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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago*

I mean I agree, but we still recognize the terms as we use them. Not their ideological definitions.

It's a meaningless distinction in everyday useage

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