Reply #175: That depends on the definitions you use, doesn't it? [View All]

[wyldwolf]

You'd think a member of DU would know that, right?

Communsism: A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.

Democracy: Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.