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Olin Murrell <olin@bga.com> wrote in article <3431E145.76C8@bga.com>...
> 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!"
>
Very True Olin, The question that remains to be answered is could one build
a True democracy or a True communism with checks and balances.
 
> 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."
> 
partially true.  The founding fathers were trying a grand experiment.  They
did put in checks and balances, but not only to keep someone from taking
control, but to keep the people from having control (i.e. the electoral
college).  We, the United States, were laughed at initially because no one
else thought that a "democracy" could work.  In matter of fact, calling
someone a democrat (not the political party) was considered an insult.