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> if a Nazi achieves power via democratic means, and stays there via democratic means, he wouldn't be a Nazi: Nazism is the rule of antidemocratic Might Makes R

> if a Nazi achieves power via democratic means, and stays there via democratic means, he wouldn't be a Nazi: Nazism is the rule of antidemocratic Might Makes Right; he wouldn't remain democratic if things didn't go his way. The same is true of communism, which advocates for the violent murder of land and property owners and the establishment of a dictatorship of the proletariat. I have little faith there would have been another election after Allende; Marxism is an inherently violent political cult which sees its enemies as subhuman. Sound familiar? > you dislike democracy, and your worldview is despicable and vile. Still, your honesty is something! Try to attack ideas instead of people. The way you argue is unconstructive. I like democracy, but it's imperfect. > your worldview is despicable and vile You defend the presidency of a Marxist; I can say the exact same thing about you. Would you likewise defend a Fascist who was elected and vowed to abolish democracy? I think the disconnect between you and me is that I see no substantive difference between Communism and Naziism, while you seem to think that Communism is capable of a soft side, which it objectively is not

the_af 3y ago
The president you're talking about was elected by Chileans with free democratic elections, didn't enact a dictatorship, and would likely have been voted out of office in the next elections. You are arguing in favor of the overthrow of democracy because you don't like the party in power. What's worse, in your attack of Communism you decided to defend a bloodthirsty, murderous dictatorship that tortured thousands of people (some were mutilated so horribly, even the military that captured them are on record as horrified. Read the accounts). So I thought long and hard about how to reply to you, and my argument boils down to this: Fuck you. I want nothing more to do with you. Don't bother replying, I think you're vile.

the_af 3y ago

The president you're talking about was elected by Chileans with free democratic elections, didn't enact a dictatorship, and would likely have been voted out of office in the next elections. You are arguing in favor of the overthrow of democracy because you don't like the party in power. What's worse, in your attack of Communism you decided to defend a bloodthirsty, murderous dictatorship that tortured thousands of people (some were mutilated so horribly, even the military that captured them are on record as horrified. Read the accounts). So I thought long and hard about how to reply to you, and my argument boils down to this: Fuck you. I want nothing more to do with you. Don't bother replying, I think you're vile.