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Since at the time the majority of people in South Africa were not allowed to vote, you could hardly call it a democracy.

• sp332 14y ago
  The majority of people in ancient Greece couldn't vote either but they definitely had a democracy.
  • czr80 14y ago
    True, but you cannot use Nelson Mandela as an example of someone protesting from within a democracy. (Equally, you could not use a Greek slave either).