The statement “Propaganda is to democracy what violence is to a dictatorship." that Chomsky made means to me that proganda is major part in a demcracy just like violence is an important part to a dictatorship. Im not sayng that it is good but it takes a major role in it. When you are able to have free speech there will be propaganda because people will want to show there opinion and to put the other persons opinion down. Just like in a dictatorship people become mad and rise against the goverment because they want freedom.