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periwinkle
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 Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: Communist countries' titles: Democratic- what? |
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| Why is N. Korea called Democratic People's Republic of North Korea? Same with Cambodia- used to be Democratic Campuchea? It's confusing. Why do you think they didn't call themselves Communist Campuchea? Inquiring minds want to know.... |
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jinju
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Ask Big Bird, she loves the commies
I suppose if you really get to the meaning of democracy it means "People power" and since communism is supposedly (though not in practice) a "Peoples' paradise" then they call themselves democratic |
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thepeel
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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periwinkle
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I guess democractic has different senses of the word- it's just not what pops into my head when someone mentions North Korea, etc. I've heard of ppl getting their mail sent to N. Korea because think democractic= democracy= South Korean government, and then they send their mail to the DPRK instead of the ROK... |
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