OFFLIST: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Law Student With a History of Taking Left Turns

[Shane Taylor]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> A problem for anyone who believes in democracy:
> Stalin was broadly popular (and still is among lots
> of Russians).

Perhaps, if our definition of democracy is just a popularity contest. 
But many conceptions include both elections and minority rights, neither
of which were recognized in the case of Stalin.

with pedantic sympathy for some bouji liberalism,
Shane

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