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EU Parliament |
In open societies, government is responsive and tolerant, and political mechanisms are transparent and flexible. The state keeps no secrets from itself in the public sense; it is a non-authoritarian society in which all are trusted with the knowledge of all.
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military blocked the entrance to the Chinese parliament |
Closed society claims to certain knowledge and ultimate truth lead to the attempted imposition of one version of reality.
Democracies are examples of the "open society," whereas totalitarian dictatorships, theocracy, and autocratic monarchies are examples of the "closed society."
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