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Dictatorship Of Real Democracy

“We want to install a dictatorship of real democracy.” This was expressed by the vice-president of Venezuela at a rally of Hugo Chavez supporters, a phrase that can provide great insight into the Venezuelan “Bolivarian Revolution.” But depending on how we analyze the phrase, we could come to many different conclusions about its meaning. How to combine the terms dictatorship and democracy within a single coherent meaning? Did he mean a system in which democratic power is absolute and unchallengeable? Maybe the imposition of democratic reforms upon an unwilling structure of power? The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines these terms as dictatorship being “a : a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique b : a government organization or group in which absolute power is so concentrated c : a despotic state,” and democracy as “: government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which......


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