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That is a risk that we have seen play out around the world in the 21st century with leaders in movements that come to power through democratic elections; and then, once in power, like Trojan horses, they dismantle democratic systems from within so that they are able to entrench their powers and eliminate the possibility of being removed through the democratic process.

Ohio Ballot Board is the latest volley in a long-standing battle over a simple question: Should Ohio have a representative democracy, or should GOP lawmakers be allowed to draw wildly unrepresentative districts that permanently entrench their rule?

“Allowing a merger like that to go through really threatens to lock in and entrench a very concentrated market structure,” Stutz told Salon.

Others leave hospital sicker than they might have been, which campaigners say can also entrench poverty.

"It is a broken promise to some of the most marginalised communities in our country and will only entrench the state-sanctioned poverty that people seeking asylum are forced into," he said.