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Old 08-14-2009, 08:40 AM   #149 (permalink)
dippin
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth View Post
the answer is quite simple, in reality.

what keeps a democracy in the face of oppression is the threat of violence. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
No, the answer is quite simple in your wet dreams, but unfortunately reality does not correspond to that.

Im sure the Czar really feared the Bolsheviks, Im sure that the Angola government realy feared UNITA, Im sure the Sierra Leone government really feared RUF, and on and on and one.
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