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Old 02-24-2005, 01:27 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by willravel
America forces democracy for the same reason The U.S.S.R. used to force communism. Two like governments are better matches economically. In America's case, since we are one of the dominate economic powers on the planet, it is easier for us to gain an element of control or influence over another country if they are a democracy. It's actually fairly simple. The results are what's complicated.

??? i'm confused. is Democracy and communism mutually exclusive? I thought one was a form of government, and the other a system of economy (one which has been mishandled by despots in the past... as i believe capitalism has also been mishandled by despots in the past - I don't want to bring up Hitler's name ooops I just did...)
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