Can democracy and capitalism exist together?

Question

I say "no" because we're wired for fear, greed and hierarchies. What say you?

Answer 1

We are not a Democracy, we are a Democratic Republic. In other words we vote for people to vote on decisions for us, instead of us voting on the decisions ourselves. That denotes a Hierarchy in the government itself, with Congress, the House of Representatives, and the White House at the top. Supposedly they are separate but equal power but lately I donno :P Fear and Greed are human responses that have been there since the dawn of humanity.

Although, all things considered, I think originaly we did a damn good job at combining the two.

Answer 2

The truth about the capitalist business world is that get-rich-quick schemes such as buyouts, IPOs, conglomerates, acquisitions, mergers, and the stock market do not actually work.

Remaining solvent does not actually exist within false economics capitalism.

Any pathological lying about profit existing in the capitalist business world or millionaires existing within capitalism is deception committed by the 21 organizations spying on the public with plain clothes agents, (with covert fake names, fake backgrounds, and fake property).

Actual economics involves the persons paying the monthly business loan payments of companies owning the companies and voting at work in order to operate the companies they are paying for.

Capitalism is imaginary parents psychology, false economics, and criminal deception of the persons paying the bills (including the stocks and bonds, or shares) of companies.

Anti-democracy republicanism is imaginary parents psychology false government.

Answer 3

The social system and economic system work very well together. As long as the majority of people vote-in capitalistic laws, as in most of the western world, that's what we have. In fact, I cannot think of a single democratic nation that has not chosen a capitalistic economic system.

Answer 4

To a certain degree I agree. We need some checks and balances or else greed will run rampant.

Answer 5

I say "yes" because one is a political system and the other an economic system.

The wealthy can always buy influence, no matter what political system is in charge of any given country.

Answer 6

In the U.S. both are already coexist. We are a democratic society and have a free market economy.

Answer 7

They can and are, we are here in the USA

Answer 8

Democracy? Please be more specific.