Democracy is not compatible with capitalism but is congruent with a version of democratic socialism in which the wealth, resources, and benefits of a social order are shared in an equitable and just manner.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Socialist democracy is not, a luxury and its need is not limited to the most advanced industrial countries.
Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.
Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.
Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism.
Democracy is the road to socialism.
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term.
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.
Democracy is indispensable to socialism.