[lehighguy]

Democracy is about voting. It can be whatever it wants.

You probably think of Democracy as constitutional democracy which place limits on government and asserts individual rights.

Socialism/Communism are a direct anethma to individual rights. They are predicated on the notion that government is more important then the individual. That they serve the state rather then are served by the state. Thus they are at odds with what we would consider constitutional democracy.

I would submit to you that a democracy unbound by constitutional controls is little more then a different kind of tyranny.