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  • Democracy means the "kratos" (power) of the "demos" (people), those who have no special qualification, knowledge or wealth for exercising power.

    The Guardian World News Costas Douzinas 2010

  • Lets look at the definition: "Demos: mean common people" kratos ": means rule so democracy means" ruled by people "There probably are few purer examples of democracy than a lynch mob,

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Gosweden 2009

  • Labels: kratos, playthrough, video games comments:

    Dante's Inferno and God of War III demo playthroughs 2009

  • I can't wait for this. so whos playing kratos? djimon houson?

    Kellan Lutz Cast as Poseidon in War of the Gods | /Film 2010

  • The Greek word demokratia asserted a fact and an aspiration: The people ( demos ) have the capacity ( kratos ) to make history.

    Handing Out Knives to Madmen Josiah Ober 2011

  • … Take the demos out of democracy and you are left only with the kratos: the power of a system that, unable to appeal to civic patriotism, must compel obedience by force of law.

    Final Fantasy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • … Take the demos out of democracy and you are left only with the kratos: the power of a system that, unable to appeal to civic patriotism, must compel obedience by force of law.

    Final Fantasy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • … Take the demos out of democracy and you are left only with the kratos: the power of a system that, unable to appeal to civic patriotism, must compel obedience by force of law.

    Final Fantasy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • It was a compound of the Greek 'aristo' (the best) and 'kratos' (government) and defined an Aristotelian notion of the distribution of political power in an ideal state.

    'Aristocrats' 2010

  • Do kratos of god of war or starkiller of the force unleashed

    Christopher Nolan Bat-Week Day 7 Dean 2010

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