ary majorities have been constitutionally institutionalized. With these institutional ized parliamentary majorities, the various national Communist parties have manipulated the power of government to repress political dissent. The more or less peaceful political revolu tions occurring in the socialist countries in 1989 represent a rejection of one party government, and particularly institu tionalized one party rule to a much greater extent than they represent a rejection of communism per se, and, most certainly, to a greater extent than they represent a rejection of social ism, although, also most certainly, great dissatisfaction exists among the populations of these countries with both com munism specifically and socialism generally.
The system which is being displaced in the socialist bloc in 1989 is the system of institutionalized one party rule. The one party in this case is the Communist Party; however, the 3probability is that similar dissatisfaction and resentment would be expressed against any political party which had insti tutionalized its power for more than 40 years. The system which is emerging supreme is democratic pluralism, of which American democracy is but one form. It would require a gr
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