On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:42:54 +0000, NOYB wrote:


Can you point to any "true" democracies? If so, then perhaps I can point
to an example where the democracy was overthrown by the right...and you
can point to an example where it was overthrown by the left.

I see your point, but I wasn't trying to hide behind "true". Perhaps
"free elections" would have been a better term. The old Soviet Union had
elections, but I think we could all agree that it wasn't a democracy.
Many/most dictators have elections, but not democracy. It's just that I
really can't think of a democracy that has been overthrown by the left.
Now, on the right, you have heard of the attempted coup against Roosevelt?

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