Communism: The government denies your rights themselves.

Democracy: The government gets the people to deny their own rights.

Now, neither is better than the other...neither is worse...IF...IF...IF...the ideals of each are followed as they were intended, in their pure form. It comes down to personal preference.

Communist Russia was a corruption of true communist ideals. Bad news.

Democratic America is a corruption of true democratic ideals. Bad news.

The moral of the story?

Adding politicians to anything fucks it up for everyone.