Morning Walk in Tehran

Assembling together and human unhappiness

0:00Prabhupāda: ...they assemble together and people are unhappy.

Renunciation of democratic systems

0:19[break] They have renounced democracy, eh?

Dictatorship in communist regimes

0:22Communist?

0:22Ātreya Ṛṣi: Well, they have some sort of democracy themselves.

0:22Prabhupāda: No, they are dictatorship.

Historical context of Stalinist dictatorship

0:32Actually, Stalin's dictatorship was going on.

0:37Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes. It's all dictatorship.

Dictatorship through democratic elections

0:44Democracy is also a dictatorship, but by election.

Consequences of electing foolish leaders

0:49They elect a fool, and then he can be..., do whatever he wants.

0:53Prabhupāda: [chuckles] Yes.

The pursuit of political power

0:56Ātreya Ṛṣi: He will try to be as powerful as he can.

1:01Prabhupāda: [japa] [end]