A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority…

Vladimir Lenin
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A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one part of the population against another. ✨ State and Revolution (1919) ch. 4
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A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one part of the population against another. ✨ State and Revolution (1919) ch. 4

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