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by andrepd 2646 days ago
Correction, it's not just that word, it's any word, and it's not used in practice anywhere in the world. North Korea is not "democratic", the US PATRIOT act is not "patriotic", etc. Still that doesn't mean we should call N. Korea democratic because they "devalued" the name. It still means what it means even though some might appropriate the name for purposes of propaganda.