>If you really dive into this you'll see that dictatorship and democracies are far less apart than theory will tell you. A pure democracy does not exist (Switzerland come closest AFAIK), because the government still decides what is going to happen. The fact that democracies have elections does not mean citizens have a direct influence on what is decided. So in a sense those democracies can be viewed as a collective dictatorship with the possibility of getting rid of it on the next election.
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Walter;

Yes, a dictatorship does not have elections. I agree that democracies in their many forms are similar to a dictatorship. I believe the one difference is my right to vote. I consider that to be my passive right of revolution. One man – one vote. It sure beats killing everyone to get my way! :)

Tom