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Why do authoritarian states have 'Democratic' or 'People's' in their names? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 16 hours ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Many countries include 'Democratic' or 'People's' in their names, even though they are not democratic and do not serve their people. Examples: Democratic People's Republic of Korea Lao People's Democratic Republic People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Democratic Republic of the Congo And German Democratic Republic (East Side) in 1949–1990. None of these states are democratic, power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a small ruling elite. Who are they fooling with these names?

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[–] 0 points 12 hours ago

Only one of them IS THE United States of America. That's how names work.

Nothing anywhere says "There are no other states that are united in any geographic region that you can refer to as 'America'". That's just silly.

For example: Mexico is Estados Unidos. I like how they actually refer to the US as EEUU to differentiate. See? It works. You can make things work.

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