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POLITICS: The Disturbing New Hybrid of Democracy and Autocracy – Opinion
In Poland and elsewhere, rulers — and the oligarchs who help them — have figured out how to create a one-party state without the hassle of staging a coup.
In 2015, Daniel Obajtek was the county commissioner of Pcim, a tiny district south of Kraków and north of the Polish-Slovak border. “County commissioner” is perhaps a grand-sounding title, but I can’t find a better one. In Polish, the term for the job he held is wójt, an old-fashioned word that means something like “village headman”. It signifies that you run something very small. Pcim, population 4,900, is very small. Continue reading →
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