Guys, regarding this, you might be interested in checking Lefort's philosophy. At least in BA there is a new book coming out between this year and next. He claims that a society and its government are parts of a whole. With the change from postmodern societies to modern societies, the place once occupied by the king (who was considered the head of a social body, a concept created during that period) was left empty and it is being filled by popular agreement. Now, the interesting thing is that he studies how a democracy could become a totalitarism. (Check Nietzsche's observations on that respect as well... speaking of denouncing oppression). I agree with Justin's very insightful comment: I don't think one regime is better than the other. They are merely different ways of filling in that empty space of power. What makes the U.S. a democracy is the tolerance of difference, which Cuba does not seem tolerate... it's all a question of semiotics.
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