Explain, with an example, how democracy and capitalism can contract each other
What will be an ideal response?
Democracy and capitalism often contradict each other. Capitalism frees individuals to pursue their own private interests in the marketplace; it promotes unconstrained liberty. Democracy constrains individual liberty in the name of the common good. For instance, in capitalism, it makes sense for a factory to toss its toxic waste into the nearest river: The money saved on proper waste disposal can go into the stockholders' pockets, maximizing profits. But in democracy, concern for the common good (unpolluted rivers) requires the factory to dispose of its toxic waste properly, limiting its individual liberty and reducing its profits. As a result of the tension, capitalism in democratic countries has developed in different ways, in an attempt to balance individual liberty and the common good or, as the issue is sometimes framed, freedom and responsibility.
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