The purpose of government is to provide for the basic human rights of its citizens and to protect them from being taken away in an unjust way more efficiently than the people themselves. A dictatorship will always, no matter how benevolent its leader may be, take away some rights from the people. No dictatorship can truly be for the people while remaining a dictatorship. It may pretend to ally itself with the people and spew endless propaganda to attempt to prove its point, but it will always be heavily biased in favor of the state. There is certainly a difference between a government with mild socialist tendencies being ruled by one party and an oppressive hell on Earth being ruled by one party, but the former will inevitably begin to exert more and more tendencies resembling the latter due to heavy bias and government corruption. In a country like the United States of America, you can make your decision with your vote. If you dislike what a party is doing, then you can tell them in a way that they will easily understand. In a one-party state, there is no real option to do so, as there is only one permitted political party, one permitted political view that can be held.
To address the issue of equality and inequality: Do you know why the Soviet Union failed? Surprisingly to some, it was not because of inequality, but because of excessive, forced equality. There was no real desire to work harder to get ahead, because "getting ahead" in the workplace would cause inequality, which the Soviets did not tolerate. In reality, though there may be problems with free-enterprise systems, they are far, far outweighed by the problems brought on by forced equality and limited freedom.
The purpose of government is to provide for the basic human rights of its citizens and to protect them from being taken away in an unjust way more efficiently than the people themselves. A dictatorship will always, no matter how benevolent its leader may be, take away some rights from the people. No dictatorship can truly be for the people while remaining a dictatorship. It may pretend to ally itself with the people and spew endless propaganda to attempt to prove its point, but it will always be heavily biased in favor of the state. There is certainly a difference between a government with mild socialist tendencies being ruled by one party and an oppressive hell on Earth being ruled by one party, but the former will inevitably begin to exert more and more tendencies resembling the latter due to heavy bias and government corruption. In a country like the United States of America, you can make your decision with your vote. If you dislike what a party is doing, then you can tell them in a way that they will easily understand. In a one-party state, there is no real option to do so, as there is only one permitted political party, one permitted political view that can be held.
To address the issue of equality and inequality: Do you know why the Soviet Union failed? Surprisingly to some, it was not because of inequality, but because of excessive, forced equality. There was no real desire to work harder to get ahead, because "getting ahead" in the workplace would cause inequality, which the Soviets did not tolerate. In reality, though there may be problems with free-enterprise systems, they are far, far outweighed by the problems brought on by forced equality and limited freedom.