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Why are many businesses in democratic nations largely undemocratic? (lemm.ee)

submitted 17 hours ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@sh.itjust.works

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[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The first sentence is not true. The second sentence is absolutely true. It is funny how that works.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The first one is true.

In democracy, the people rule society

In capitalism, the rich rule the economy

The economy always rules society

In a capitalist democracy, society serves two masters. Both opposites. It's inherently unstable because it's self contradicting.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works -3 points 6 hours ago

Economic systems are not viewed in terms of who "rules" unless we are taking a Marxist perspective.

The first sentence of the post is and will always be completely untrue.