yeah same sh*t but stated differently stated. Also apparently, the word "democracy" has become sacred among those who don't understand what it means, which, it seems, is just about everyone. What makes a dictatorship immoral is its failure to recognize and protect the rights of individuals, and on this issue a democracy is no different. While "dictatorship" means rule by a single individual, "democracy" simply means rule by the majority; it does absolutely nothing to guarantee the individual rights of citizens. In a democracy, 60 percent of the population can vote to enslave the other 40 percent. But a person whose rights are violated by vote is no better off than one whose rights are violated by a tyrant; both are slaves.kr@cker wrote:
but communism stil requires a police state to operate, either way, same dog, different spots
Unfortunately, many Americans do not understand that morality is not a subjective function of numbers; something is not right simply because a bunch of people want it to be. It makes no difference whether 60 people enslave 40, or 1 billion people enslave a single individual; the principle is the same, and history is replete with examples of enslaved minorities.Democracy and dictatorship are just two flavors of the same poison. Same applied with communism and fascism.