>>He urged all “democrats” to distance themselves from what he termed right-wing extremists using pandemic control measures as a pretext to “question democracy.”
Democracy that cannot be questioned is despotic.
“…(I)t is very clear that socialism and democracy are almost, if quite, one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals.” …That is always how the left has defined democracy—as being the exact same as socialism, as being collectivism, as being against individual rights.
— Woodrow Wilson
“(T)he first step in the revolution by the working class is to raise the proletariat to the level of ruling class to win the battle of democracy.”
— Communist Manifesto
“What will be the course of this revolution? Above all, it will establish a democratic constitution, and through this, the direct or indirect dominance of the proletariat.”
— The Principles of Communism