"You only get to vote for socialism and communism once."

Yup, no take-backs once pandoras box is opened.

Erdogan said the same thing.

“Democracy is a tram car. You just need to know when to get off.”

For Erdogan, democracy was a path to power, and once elected, he had no intention of ever leaving office.

As other people have observed, this election has shown that the Democrats will sacrifice almost any principle in the pursuit of power.