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Pluralism, transparency, separation of powers, and the rule of law are obstacles that prevents autocracy's triumph. In return, autocracy deceives the masses with its spectacular lies to bypass democracy and builds its legitimacy on these promises. At the same time, it forbids even two people from talking each other in private, so as not to spoil its spells. That is why, in authoritarian regimes, at least one person is recruited as an agent from each household. But a naive child who may rat out e
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As utterly improbable as it sounds, could my pain in some sense not be my pain at all? In fact, could it be that my pain is the agent that heals the pain of another in ways that their own pain never could?
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