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The Danger of Communist Monopoly on Media, Firearms

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The Danger of Communist Monopoly on Media, Firearms
British Prime minister Winston Churchill (L), U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (C) and Secretary general of the Soviet Communist Party Josef Stalin (R) pose at the start of the Conference of the Allied powers in Yalta, Crimea, on Feb. 4, 1945. STF/AFP/Getty Images
David Kopel
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How does a democracy turn into a dictatorship? The 1948 communist coup in Czechoslovakia shows one path to tyranny. Although every nation’s circumstances are different, Czechoslovakia shows the universal danger of communists obtaining a monopoly on the media and on firearms.

David Kopel
David Kopel
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David Kopel is an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute, in Washington. His most recent book is "The Morality of Self-Defense and Military Action: The Judeo-Christian Perspective."
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