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    '''One-party state''' is a euphemism for dictatorship.  Although the [[People's Republic of China]] is officially a [[political party|multi-party]] state, with a Peasant's Party, it is in fact subordinate to the Communist Party.  Also, the [[Wikimedia]] "Board of Trustees" consists of three members who are co-owners of bomis.com, one of whom is '''dictator for life''', and two others who are "elected" from the "Wikipedians" and no doubt easily removed by the three.  This too is a one-party state, which claims to represent a [[consensus]], but has no checks on that other than its own opinions.
    '''One-party state''' is a euphemism for dictatorship.  Although the [[People's Republic of China]] is officially a [[political party|multi-party]] state, with a Peasant's Party, it is in fact subordinate to the Communist Party.  Also, the [[Wikimedia]] "Board of Trustees" consists of three members who are co-owners of bomis.com, one of whom is '''dictator for life''', and two others who are "elected" from the "Wikipedians" and no doubt easily removed by the three.  This too is a one-party state, which claims to represent a [[consensus]], but has no checks on that other than its own opinions.


    See [[two-party state]] for the more sophisticated phase that the real USA is in, and [[faction]] for a general model of [[political consumerism]] and the management of views in the [[Research Wiki]].
    See [[two-party system]] for the more sophisticated phase that the real USA is in, and [[faction]] for a general model of [[political consumerism]] and the management of views in the [[Research Wiki]].