DEMOCRACY AND CAPITALISM

Democracy is a citizen driven system of government that is of the people, by the people, and for the people. The foundation of democracy is spiritual-moral values informed by basic tenets of human rights and human dignity: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thus, democracy requires spiritual enlightenment in order that individuals do not devilishly lean upon their own selfish instincts, but spiritually understand that all human life must be lived in community under the reality of God, and under the concept that equal is equal, not more or less equal, else we have a dog-eat-dog environment. Democracy is for spiritually enlightened individuals as well as secularly educated individuals. This is why America has a free public educational system. Education of the masses, not just socio-economic elites. Hence, the Founders created a mass free universal educational system. In a democracy the economy is not controlled by the governmental system but is controlled by the private sector free enterprise system. Therefore, the means of production of goods and services are not controlled by the federal government, but by whatever the marketplace will bear in the private sector. Again, because of human greed the market is controlled by whatever the market...