Is democracy better than communism

democracy and communismDemocracy and Communism are not mutually exclusive. You can have both at the same time. The people need only vote for a communist economic system. Communism is an economic system and democracy is a form of government. A better question would be; "Is democracy better than a monarchy or better than a Dictatorship?" Answeryes because in communism the people have little rights. every thing is run by the government. in democracy people have more freedoms/rights AnswerThe first response is incorrect. Both democracy and communism are POLITICAL theories, not economic ones. The prior answer confuses communism with communalism, which is a form of economic theory. More specifically, Communism is a political theory that tries to implement the Marxist economic idea. Democracy, on the other hand, is not directly tied to any form of economic idea, though it is often associated with Capitalism.

In practice, Communism has turned out to be a really horrible form of government - the problem is that its concept of requiring a authoritarian single-party government to handle the transition to the utopian stateless form is a recipe for abuse by strongmen. The reality is that in all places that Communism has been tried, it results not in an egalitarian society, but a rigidly stratified one controlled by either a dictator, or a very strong junta/oligarchy of a very few people. Communism has resulted in the concentration of power in very few hands, with mechanism to empower those outside the ruling circle - thus, it ends up being a dictatorship.

Democracy, with all its flaws, does at least empower ordinary citizens to effect real meaningful change in their government; that is, democracy does, in practice, result in a government that is responsive to public opinion and desires.