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> first world democracies

The people don't rule in the first world. The businesses do. So, "Democracy" is the wrong word. "Plutocracy" and "Oligarchy" are more accurate.




Who rules in the other worlds?


I'd say the First World businesses, although more indirectly. See the "structural adjustment packages" we impose to enslave those countries (devaluing money, favouring exportation…).




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