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Corporate interests control policy through money. How is that not directly related to capitalism?

• rjtavares 4y ago
  The check for capitalism should be democracy (through regulation). If money controls policy, then capitalism is working better than democracy. To balance it you either weaken capitalism or strengthen democracy. I think the latter is a better solution.
  • hnbad 4y ago
    How do you strengthen democracy against capital if capital accumulation directly results in political power under capitalism? You can't strengthen democracy against capital interests without weakening capitalism. Regulations literally weaken capitalism. Money is power. Democracy aims to distribute power to the people. Capitalism results in the accumulation of money by a few individuals. If you're arguing we should balance this by reducing the power differential present in money, I'm all for that. But that means providing housing, medical care, food and a dignified quality of life to everyone and democratizing work places so money accumulation becomes largely a status symbol and not an alternative pathway to political power.
  • yunwal 4y ago
    The 2 are diametrically opposed. While money exists, there exists a way to corrupt people. While huge concentrations of wealth exist, there exist ways to corrupt almost anyone. Even people who don’t take bribes can be gradually manipulated into holding certain views via marketing/lobbying