• nearhat@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    The same way Apartheid South Africa was a democracy. You conveniently remove the ‘undesirables’ from the system, and your colony of immigrants and their descendants becomes a “vibrant democracy”.

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      1 year ago

      You conveniently remove the ‘undesirables’ from the system, and your colony of immigrants and their descendants becomes a “vibrant democracy”.

      As someone who grew up during the Apartheid-years, I have to say… that’s exactly how it was.