Have you ever noticed how countries with the term "Democratic" in it rarely are? Then there are Marxist-Leninist places that have terms like "Socialist", "People's Republic" like Congo, Algeria, Libya and Yemen.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) recently had an election. All the candidates were chosen by the current long term leader. All electoral offices handed over forms that were then dropped into boxes. Not once did pen touch paper. News reports showed military personnel dancing outside of polling booths. This was referred to by the media as a "democratic election."
No, this was a childish farce perpetrated by people behaving like children and the media lapped it up. Not one reporter called it a farce, no one called it anything other than democratic. The correct term for the 'election' is a fantasy production by a crazy dictator. Fully supported by the world press and the world leaders.
I wish that more people owned dictionaries, especially media writers.
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