The referendum will be successful, of course, but it is hardly unimportant whether or not the referendum committee will be forced to fill ballot boxes with shovels. It is hardly unimportant because the regime will know the actual results What are all the things a tyrant will do to prevent his people from noticing that he has taken away their […]

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