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Laocracy (Greek: λαοκρατία) is a political term meaning "rule of the people". It has been used by the Greek labor movement since its inception, instead of the termdemocracy.[1]
For Greekcommunists the Greek word democracy (δημοκρατία), meaning the rule of thedemos, refers to the ancient rule of the ruling social class of free citizens, forming the demos, in the Athenian Republic of thecity-state which represented a minority while the slaves were the majority of the population. In this sense, democracy is considered by the Greek communists to refer to the rule of the minority, throughrepresentativeparliamentary democracy, while laocracy would bedirect democracy, exercised by the people themselves.
Greek historianDimitri Kitsikis has systematically used the term laocracy in all his writings.[2] Russian political philosopherAlexandr Dugin has used the term laocracy saying that "the state should become an instrument of the People. This system should be called as such laocracy".[3]
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