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"Dem"ocracy
September 17, 2005 ( politics )
A twist of the term coined by Owen "Blacka" Ellis, a Jamaican poet, playwright, and comic. In Jamaican patois, "dem" is "them" (also it pluralizes other nouns), so "Dem"ocracy is rule by "Them".
I mention this because the BBC posts some interesting results on a survey determining if a people felt that their government represented their will. EU countries scored in the mid-80s... US scored in the mid fifties.
Posted by griffjon at September 17, 2005 06:34 PM
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