Neither. Lucky that we live in a society where the police or military are not politically involved. i visited Chile a few months after Pinochet's regime and Cambodia years after Pol Pot. The atmosphere of fear was still present in both societies. One once Fascist Right and the other once Fascist...
It's not wise to use words you do not understand it aptly demeans your argument. Czechoslovakia could not have had any democrats whilst under a Communist regime.