[calafrax]

It is interesting that no one with money believes that democracy is a credible way to run a business and yet people still believe it is a credible way to run a government.

Fun fact: the US Constitution has exactly ZERO uses of the word "democracy" in it.

[kerkeslager]

There are numerous examples of cooperatives, businesses that are run democratically, which are successful. Sure, no one amasses huge piles of money that way, just like nobody in a (effective) democracy amasses huge amounts of power. But that's kind of the point. Saying nobody with money thinks democracy is a good way to run a business is like saying no dictators with power think democracy is a good idea. It's not a criticism of democracy/cooperatives, it's an obvious statement of the motivations of dictators/business leaders.