Communism and socialism can be connected to a single major author-Marx-and assessed as deviations from, and implementations or negations of, Marx. Democracy is not amenable to a similar treatment; the towering, single major author on democracy does not exist. (Giovanni Sartori)

Communism and socialism can be connected to a single major author-Marx-and assessed as deviations from, and implementations or negations of, Marx. Democracy is not amenable to a similar treatment; the towering, single major author on democracy does not exist.

Giovanni Sartori

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