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Is the keeping of slaves democratic?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The keeping of slaves is not democratic. A democracy only truly exists when everyone in the country has the possibility to become a citizen and thus vote. By having slaves the best a country could become is either an Aristocracy or an Oligarchy.

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