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'democracy' -- from δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā) = "division for dominion" = "divide & rule"

i.e. δημο- (dēmo-) +‎ -κρατία (-kratía)

from
*déh₂mos (“part, division”),
from *deh₂-(“to divide, share”) + *-mos (result noun). Thus, deh₂+-mos= 'division'

and
κρατία (-kratía) ("domination by"; "dominating system" = "system of/for dominion"
from: *kret-os = *kret-("move quickly, to rattle, shake", "to swell, to be strong") +-os (result noun)
to: κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “dominion, power”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (result noun).

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[-]RickSanchez3(+3|0)

Liberals divide the nations with confusion and name calling so we fight each other but not them.