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IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY, WHICH WOULD YOU PICK?

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IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY, WHICH WOULD YOU PICK?


[+] ballot by xxxxxxxx
ACTIVE Sun May 21, 06 - Fri Feb 13, 09

Most people would argue that both systems are good in principle, and I agree. I'm not knocking either system. I also realize that both systems can easily exist independent of each other.

That said, IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE, would you pick living in a capitalist society but not a democracy, or would you pick living in a democracy which isn't a capitalist society?

Please comment.

I'm left-wing: Capitalism.
I'm left-wing: Democracy.
I'm right-wing: Capitalism.
I'm right-wing: Democracy.
I'm libertarian: Capitalism.
I'm libertarian: Democracy.
I'm centrist: Capitalism.
I'm centrist: Democracy.

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COMMENTS:
Capitalism is an economic system. Democracy is a social system.

Apples and oranges, 'Tuck.

But I like both capitalism and democracy as my economic and social systems, respectively.
by xxxxxxxx on Sun May 21, 06 12:29pm [+]

^I understand they're two different things. I'm just saying that if you could only pick one...
by xxxxxxxx on Sun May 21, 06 1:17pm [+]

Griff, he's asking which is more important. A capitalist system with any random type of social system (other than democracy) or a democracy with any random type of economic system (other than Capitalist).

Democracy is more important to me. If you have a Democratic government then there's no oppression from the government. I'd rather live in a Communist Democracy than a Capitalist Dictatorship.
by habeas_corpus on Sun May 21, 06 2:42pm [+]

^Okay, hmmmm. All things considered I would choose democracy. However, it is difficult to imagine capitalism working without democracy.
by xxxxxxxx on Sun May 21, 06 4:26pm [+]

Democracy. People should always have control of the government.

Besides, if it were a democracy they could always vote in a free market later. But a dictatorship with a free market is hard to remove from power or reform.
by herzog on Sun May 21, 06 5:49pm [+]

If it is capitalist then the people will have all their rights anyway. A republic would work better than a democracy for large countries. And participatory democracy reaches its greatest height in the market.
by thc2883 on Mon May 22, 06 3:18am [+]

Democracy.

Capitalism has done such wonders for the freedoms of people in China.
by cranky on Mon May 22, 06 6:48am [+]

^You mean that socialist country making a fascist transition?
by thc2883 on Tue May 23, 06 3:31am [+]

^The one whose economy and standard of living has been growing at a phenomenal rate because of the introduction of a few semi-capitalist policies?
by thc2883 on Tue May 23, 06 3:32am [+]

I'd rather live in a socialist democracy.
by wanderlust1987 on Mon Jul 10, 06 3:01am [+]

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