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Vosem
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« on: December 18, 2013, 04:19:06 PM »
A society that is capable of having a democracy that does not enact oppressive policies and does not take advantage of people for its own enrichment is an end unto itself.
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Vosem
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« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2013, 04:47:47 PM »
Quote from: Il cavaliere decaduto on December 18, 2013, 04:42:50 PM
Quote from: Vosem on December 18, 2013, 04:19:06 PM
A society that is capable of having a democracy that does not enact oppressive policies and does not take advantage of people for its own enrichment is an end unto itself.

Who is "it" in this sentence? I can't interpret it in any way that makes the slightest amount of sense.

The government, or the rulers, or the party in power, and so on. I had phrased that rather vaguely.
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