'There is no dictatorship in Louisiana. There is a perfect democracy there, and when you have a perfect democracy it is pretty hard to tell it from a dictatorship.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims Louisiana is a perfect democracy that looks like a dictatorship.
- In plain terms
- Democracy and dictatorship look the same here because everything is controlled.
- What can you take from it?
- Democracy can look like dictatorship if power is too concentrated.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does democracy become dictatorship?
- What defines a perfect democracy?
Another view
It equates different systems by ignoring the role of consent.
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