So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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 may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.
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.
I have no idea if some societies, anthropologically speaking, aren't really suited for democracy. I don't think that's true.
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred.
Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.
We believe democracy cannot be imposed from outside in any society. Democracy is the expression of a sovereign people.
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.