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Democracy and communism rarely work properly because they are rarely left in their pure form. It is always bent and manipulated to get the desired results.
Commies have to deal with the idea that they have an egaltarian society with some people living in slums and others in chateaus (see Cuba, Russia), and democratic types have to accept that the idea of one man one vote is always tainted by things like "which man" and "how do we count the votes" (electoral college debate, anyone?) Neither system has been allowed to exist in it's totally pure form because it is theoretical and not practical.
Thus you end up with liberal and conservative, socialists and voodoo economists, and every stripe and color inbetween. Most people are honestly not smart enough or not willing to pay the time to really figure what is what - and they are the ones that are manipulated for each election.
Either way, the current western media has, for the most part, turned into mouthpieces and lapdogs for the government of the day. 9/11 has turned the US into a bunch of "agree with the government or you are a terrorist commie no good scum" types. It is really sad.
Alex
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