DEMOCRACY VS. COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP

      

Democracy	Communist Dictatorship
A government where the common people are considered as the primary source of political power. Representation is exercised either directly or through elected representatives. The majority rule. Democracy contains the principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.	A government where theoretically everything is equal. All goods are shared equally by the people. No individual may own private property and labor is organized for the common advantage of all members. The government plans and controls the economy. A single, authoritarian party holds power.
Social Classes	No Social Classes
Individuals Own Private Property	No Individuals Own Private Property
Goods (Food, Clothes, Etc.) are not Divided Equally	Goods (Food, Clothes, Etc.) are Divided Equally
Market Economy	Controlled & Planned Economy
Direct Representation (Voting) or Elected Representatives	Dictator
Freedom of Speech	Limits Freedom of Speech
Money Based Medicine	Socialized Medicine (Because everyone is entitled to Medical Benefits, waiting lines become too long to take care of every one who needs medical treatment).
Profit Based Labor	Organized Labor
Moderate Taxation	In communism companies never see the profit, it is immediately turned over to the government, making taxes unnecessary.
Typically Moderate Social Aid: Education & Some Health Care	Complete Social Aid: Education, Books, Sports, All Types of Health Care, Housing, & Food are Provided by the Government.
Democracy is good because it does strive to uphold certain principles of social equality. Democracy is more realistic, than Communism, because it accepts the imperfections of having social classes in society and does not strive to make society perfect. Democracy does become corrupt many times, because those who have more money are able to influence politics, but realistically the government works better because having social competition does seem to be human nature. Those who choose to work harder are more rewarded: Hard words pays off, literally. Democracy needs low class citizens to do minimum wage jobs. Trying to make every person equal is an impossible task that limits citizens freedom to think and act individually, Democracy understands this.	At the end of the day, one of the main problems with communism is that no matter how hard one individual works or does not work, every individual makes the same amount of money. A doctor with eight years of college makes nearly the same amount as a janitor with no college. Even though striving toward social equality, seems like a good thing, it brings many problems upon itself, such as Socialized Medicine. Social Medicine, seems good, because it entitles everyone to medicines and medical treatment; Because everyone is entitled to medical treatment, the waiting lists for treatment becomes to long, and in the end, can not treat everyone. Communism is good, theoretically, because it does strive to be a society in which every person is equal and every person, despite social class, is entitled to the same benefits.