Explain, with an example, how democracy and capitalism can contradict each other
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. Democracy and capitalism often contradict each other. Capitalism frees individuals to pursue their own private interests in the marketplace; it encourages the owners of capital to act with unconstrained liberty.
2. Democracy constrains individual liberty in the name of the common good. In capitalism, powerful corporations can often act against the interests of the public good and resist public regulation.
3. Examples will vary. One possibility is the economic interest that corporations have in skirting environmental safety and causing pollution. A tension is created between the public interest and the interests of a powerful few.
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