[lbrito]

>_money and capitalism, which is inherently democratic by design in that many decisions contribute to the overall direction, rather than a single decision maker_

That's an anti historical view. If there's one thing capitalism is definitely not, it's "democratic by design". South America 60s-90s, Europe 1930s etc.

Also absurd to just assume it will win "just because". Even fukuyama gave up on this idea after his "end of history" theory completely flopped.

[westcort]

I fail to see how any force can negate the power of world economies at this point. Even Germany had to pay back its war debt and had to do so after changing its political system, therefore the power of economies is--historically--far greater than the power of political systems.