Freedom vs Capitalism vs Democracy

I see this error so often.

I'm convinced it is one of the biggest blind spots of humanity in the way of progress.

…That so many people think of 'democracy' as being the ideal, whilst capitalism is seen as exploitation of the weak/poor by people in power with guns, battons and employment opportunities.  And where so-called Capitalism is thought to have failed… Whilst the idea of 'freedom' is linked to democracy.

We've seen it recently in the Iranian 'go green' 'where is my vote' trend.

Here's a response I made to someone recently:

Michael, just as politics has many versions, so Capitalism has atleast 2. One is political the other is not. Only the political capitalism has been applied to date. We have not yet experienced non-political capitalism. Dont confused 'letting people live free whilst protecting them from force' with 'using force-backed coercion to control profits'.

Bottom line:

America was not founded as a Democracy.  It was founded as a Republic.  Not 'rule by the majority', for unlucky those that are in the minority.  Democracy is a stupid idea for the great unwashed masses to 'fight for', which only puts governments back in control, whilst the stupid masses lose their freedoms of a true republic and the genuine form of free-market capitalism which has NEVER existed in modern society, whilst the media focuses blame on so called capitalists, who are really political-capitalists that want government backed coercion, fraud and force to protect their monopolies and exploitations.

It's a convoluted mess.

Where will clarity come from?

Edit: August 7 2009

Just found this very cool video explaining 'corporatism' as the socialistic control that the media and commies label as 'capitalism' which it is very definitely not.

Capitalism vs Corporatism

And here is a review about the book Corporatism: The Pathological Pursuit of Power

Originally posted 2009-06-27 11:39:09. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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