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by croisillon 455 days ago
weird you would prefer to use the 2000 y.o. definition of dictator than the current one but if that helps you cope, be my guest

the 77M people were not the majority but a plurality, although i'm not sure there is a 2000 y.o. definition for that to help you cope

don't look too far for a president who has been elected by a minority, it happened as recently as 2016

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> dictator, in modern political systems

He used a modern definition. It referenced the origin of the term.

> the 77M people were not the majority but a plurality

What distinction are you trying to make here? That not everyone voted?

He called it the majority of the voting population.

> cope

heh