Democracy is dictatorship by election; communism is open dictatorship—both leave people unhappy without Krishna consciousness.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk [partially recorded] — March 14, 1975, Tehran 750314MW-TEHRAN [01:06 Minutes] Walk_750314MW-TEHRAN Prabhupāda: ...they assemble together and people are unhappy. [break] They have renounced democracy, eh? Communist? Ātreya Ṛṣi: Well, they have some sort of democracy themselves.
Prabhupāda: No, they are dictatorship. Actually, Stalin's dictatorship was going on. Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes. It's all dictatorship. Democracy is also a dictatorship, but by election.
They elect a fool, and then he can be..., do whatever he wants.
Prabhupāda: [chuckles] Yes. Ātreya Ṛṣi: He will try to be as powerful as he can.