The funny thing about this is that I've heard numerous times that it's failure was a leadership problem or that communism wasn't implemented properly. Deontological liberals are quite ignorant of what they are saying when to promote an agenda of unlimited personal freedom through the advancement of expansive rights they abandon the principles of self-govenment. Case in point: If freedom is defined by our rights and those rights are protected against government intrusion against said freedom then minority's right to x is named by who? And as freedoms to x, y, z and so on are expanded by minority fiat those in power get to name what those rights are- and simultaneously reduce the ability for majorities to rule themselves. As such as the fixed priniciples are infused into a constitutional order democracy is dissolved and tyranny takes its place in the name of freedom- a truly humanitarian and communitarian freedom.
