e Communists. That's the point,
isn't it?"

"Not the way you put it. Let's set if I can explain. To begin with,
there have only been three bases of government evolved by man ... I'm
going to have to simplify this."

"It isn't my field, but go on," Paul said. She wore less lipstick than
you'd expect on an American girl but it went with her freshness.

"The first type of governmental system was based on the family. Your
American Indians were a good example. The family, the clan, the tribe.
In some cases, like the Iroquois Confederation, a nation of tribes. You
were represented in the government according to the family or clan in
which you were born."

"Still with you so far," Paul said. She had a very slight dimple in her
left cheek. Dimples went best with blondes, Paul decided.

"The next governmental system was based on property. Chattel slavery,
feudalism, capitalism. In ancient Athens, for example, those Athenians
who owned the property of the City-State, and the slaves with which to
work it, also governed the nation. Under feudalism, the nobility owned
the country and governed it. The more land a noble owned, the larger his
voice in government. I'm speaking broadly, of course."

"Of course," Paul said. He decided that she had more an American type
figure than was usual here. He brought his concentration back to the
subject. "However, that doesn't apply under capitalism. We have
democracy. Everyone votes, not just the owner of property."

Ana was very serious about it. "You mustn't use the words capitalism and
democracy interchangeably. You can have capitalism, which is a social
system, without having democracy which is a political system. For
instance, when Hitler was in power in Germany the government was a
dictatorship but the social system was still capitalism."

Then she grinned at him mischievously. "Even in the United States I
think you'll find that the people who own a capitalist country run the
country. Those who control great wealth have a large say in the running
of the political parties, both locally and nationally. Your smaller
property owners have a smaller voice in local politics. But how large a
lobby does your itinerant harvest worker in Texas have in Washington?"

Paul said, slightly irritated now, "This is a big subject and I don't
agree with you. However, I'm not interested now in the government of the
United States. I want to know what you people have in store for Russia,
if and when you