Reply #74: It all comes down to who has the power.

[dfgrbac]

When a minority rules, you get oppression of the people. As you state, fascism and communism produce the same results for the people.

What I can't figure out is why nobody ever brings up democracy. The opposite of minority rule is majority rule.

The only way for the people to protect themselves is by not giving all the power to representatives. We need the national initiative, referendum and recall on our election ballots.

The National Initiative for Democracy will do this by creating a fourth branch of government further splitting power and adding another check and balance! This is our only hope for the future.

My friends, we can see how well our so-called Congress of representatives is working for us by their health care efforts. It is a race to accomplish nothing. As Thom Hartmann has pointed out, Democratic legislators could easily pass "Medicare for all" with only 51 votes (not 60). Changing a program already implemented is not subject to filibuster. We could have Medicare for all in six months! But you don't see them taking this action - do you?