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Avatar.... under communism everybody doesn't rule. It's an oligarchy. Democracy is where everyone rules.
We don't live in a democracy, we live in a representative democracy.
One of the few democracies ever to exist was in Iceland, where everyone met on the "allthing" - a big hill - to make the laws.
Not even ancient Greece was democratic. Women and slaves couldn't participate.
Regarding communism, I read this in a mad magazine once.
Bill - "Jack what's the defenition of capitalism?"
Jack - "Man exploiting man".
Bill - "Oh, so what's the defenition of communism"
Jack - "It's the other way round".
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Anyhow, you can have democratic communism, or autocratic communism. Right Dramnek?
Like true democracy though, I believe communism is an unattainable utopia.
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