June 7, 2007 7:01PM 

# Tyranny Can Be Fun 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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The *Washington Post* has [a travel article about Atlantic City](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/05/AR2007060502323_2.html) featuring a brief review of this amusing little bar in the Tropicana Casino:

> We stopped at Reichstag (no cover!), a bar with faux-Nazi decor. A portrait of Hitler hangs over the hostess station, and the light fixtures are shaped like Nuremberg Rally torches. For $12.75, I enjoyed the best Pilsner I’ve ever had.

Not so funny? How about this:

> We stopped at Red Square (no cover!), a vodka bar with faux-Commie decor. A portrait of Lenin hangs over the hostess station, and the light fixtures are shaped like the turrets of St. Basil’s. For $12.75, I enjoyed the best vodka tonic I’ve ever had.

Is it funnier now?

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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