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:I agree with your overall point for the most part. However, I'm not entirely sure Fascism/Communism isn't compatible with Democracy. Technically, it is if we define "democracy" as being the kind practiced by the French Revolutionaries, or even the New Left (they certainly used democracy and similar terms like "participatory democracy", "democracy on the streets", and the like). In fact, both Lenin and Marx specifically indicated that democracy was a key component to socialism/communism at the very least, and is even one and the same with it. Besides, technically, America isn't a democracy, it's a Constitutional Republic. [[User:Pokeria1|Pokeria1]] ([[User talk:Pokeria1|talk]]) 18:27, 31 August 2018 (EDT)

:I agree with your overall point for the most part. However, I'm not entirely sure Fascism/Communism isn't compatible with Democracy. Technically, it is if we define "democracy" as being the kind practiced by the French Revolutionaries, or even the New Left (they certainly used democracy and similar terms like "participatory democracy", "democracy on the streets", and the like). In fact, both Lenin and Marx specifically indicated that democracy was a key component to socialism/communism at the very least, and is even one and the same with it. Besides, technically, America isn't a democracy, it's a Constitutional Republic. [[User:Pokeria1|Pokeria1]] ([[User talk:Pokeria1|talk]]) 18:27, 31 August 2018 (EDT)

::You're correct that America is a Constitutional Republic, and not a democracy. However, I'm not just talking about America. I'm talking about the West in general. Many countries in the West ''are'' democracies, and many of the ones that aren't have governments that heavily rely on the democratic process in order to function (America falls in that category). So when I said "democracy," I didn't mean just democracies. I meant countries that heavily rely on the democratic process in order to function, in general. Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and Revolutionary France cannot be placed in that grouping. All three of those regimes had leaders who either substantially interfered in the democratic process itself or substantially interfered in the legislature's ability to function as a forum controlled by a even a simple majority its members. Although they did have the democratic process used, it did not play anywhere near the role that it does in the West today (even in America).--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 19:36, 31 August 2018 (EDT)

::You're correct that America is a Constitutional Republic, and not a democracy. However, I'm not just talking about America. I'm talking about the West in general. Many countries in the West ''are'' democracies, and many of the ones that aren't have governments that heavily rely on the democratic process in order to function (America falls in that category). So when I said "democracy," I didn't mean just democracies. I meant countries that heavily rely on the democratic process in order to function, in general. Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and Revolutionary France (particularly during the Reign of Terror) cannot be placed in that grouping. All three of those regimes had leaders who either substantially interfered in the democratic process itself or substantially interfered in the legislature's ability to function as a forum controlled by a even a simple majority its members. Although they did have the democratic process used, it did not play anywhere near the role that it does in the West today (even in America).--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 19:36, 31 August 2018 (EDT)