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Originally Posted by Janey
??? 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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Technically communism is a economic state, and not a form of government. But because communism is based on the government (or society) owning everything and dictating how markets run, it essentially gives that government all economic clout. So with that much power centralized, usually it's hard for people to be able to exercize the power necessary in a democracy. They have nothing to bargain with if they decide to change those in power. It becomes essentially an honor system, so democracy isn't dictated by the people but those in power, hence is not a democracy.
And Hitler actually didn't mishandle capitalism. One of the things that got him and the Nazis in power was their ability to turn around the German economy, which was in shambles after the Treaty of Versailles, and then the American Depression.