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I'd answer this question by asking another: Is it profitable to destroy democracy? If so, someone is going to try it. That doesn't mean capitalism is any less c
by yosito 9y ago
I'd answer this question by asking another: Is it profitable to destroy democracy? If so, someone is going to try it. That doesn't mean capitalism is any less compatible with democracy than socialism or any other system. But if we value democracy we need to defend against economic forces that threaten it.
- juliangoldsmith 9y agoI'd agree with this, and take it further: if there is any person or group of people who stand to gain something by destroying freedom or democracy, you can assume they will do so. To repeat the quote commonly misattributed to Thomas Jefferson, the price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
- nickik 9y agoIt is not profitable to destroy democracy complitly. But it is profitable to undermine democracy so that in your particular case you get an exception to the rules everybody else has to follow. If enough people get that change of rules, democracy is pointless.