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J G DeBerry wrote:
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> 
> Then please give us your definition of a true democracy or
> true communism and show us the wonders of which you dream!
> 

It's always entertaining to watch this discussion unfold. One makes the
statement, in passing, that Communism has never been fully implemented
(which, BTW, is quite true), and hackles begin to rise on all sides.

Actually, a pure Communist state probably would be quite nice, at least
for a while, until the leaders found that they had more control than
they'd ever dreamed, and dropped their benevolent robes for jack-boots
and machine guns. Very similar, in fact, to a pure democracy, after the
electorate finds they have the key to the treasury. In both cases, it's
"Katy, bar the door!"

Even Jefferson, and the other founding US Revolutionaires, knew that
quite well, probably better than most today in fact. That's why we've
never had a pure democracy, and with any luck, never will. It's a
federal republic, with a boatload of checks and balances built in to
keep us from the so-called "tyranny of the majority."

The bottom line is this. In the places where either democracy or
communism has been tried, democracy comes much closer to actually
working than does communism.

-- 
Olin Murrell
Austin, Texas
http://www.realtime.com/~olin