Debate: Capitalism vs. Democracy
Side: Democracy

In the USA we are not capitalist, we are free market. We have anti Trust laws that break up monopolies. Sometimes, especially in our current environment, there is an unfair over correction that is harmful to a business owner. They aren’t big enough to sustain it, but are forced into loosing their businesses because of “a war on capitalism” Like the raisin farmer in California. I believe he won in the Supreme Court, but he didn’t deserve the cost he incurred to stay alive. These are the people that need protection from this society we are becoming!http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2015/06/22/supreme-court-extends-fifth-amendment-to-raisins/#3f7e9e126f75Teddy Roosevelt broke up the capitalist in the early 1900's. And it needed to be broken. They built great industry. We are where we are because of them. It was corrected, they kept the wealth they made, but the monopoly was broken and out of 1 came many oil and gas companies, for competitive free market competition. . But keep in mind, without these businesses we'd be far behind in the progress we know and enjoy today. And also they employed much of the population of the day. Although, we did need corrections to improve working conditions, increase safety, and pay higher wages. But the beauty of America isn’t that we were perfect. But the systems we have to correct greed when greed doesn’t correct itself!We are a land of equal opportunity Anyone can take an idea and create a successful business, and charge "what the market will bare" and make a living and/or gain wealth. Many have overcome obstacles for the successes they achieve, with risk. And as far as inheritance and the hand me down wealth - inheritance tax is probably the highest proportional tax in our society. So if you consider "fair share" we accumulate wealth to provide a better life for our families and to pass to our children. The starting point, or tipping point varies of both failure and success in over generations. And sometimes it continues as it is for generations without change. American success is built on ideas, enterprise, risk, and the wants and perceived needs of the general market.An Informative History Lesson on Capitalismhttps://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/history-survey/us-history-survey/v/20th-century-capitalism-and-regulation-in-the-united-statesMany through our history are "capitalist" but not many did so without loss, even bankruptcy. Here is a Capitalist Parade – And while your at it look at the giving back some of these people did. Do you think that would happen in the USSR or Denmark or Turkey? Milton Hershey – Drooped out of school, he was a poor student. Apprenticed for 4 years then - after two failed attempts, he set up the Lancaster Caramel Co. sold it then made the worlds largest Choc factory – then built a community and a home and school for children. Walt Disney - fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas, started a number of businesses that didn't last too long and ended with bankruptcy and failureHenry Ford – businesses failed and left him broke five timesR H Macy - Macy started seven failed business before finally hitting big with his store in New York CityF W Woolworth - Before starting his own business, young Woolworth worked at a dry goods store and was not allowed to wait on customers because his boss said he lacked the sense needed to do so. I guess he said F... YOU, and opened his own store, followed by successful chains of stores!Good ole Colonel Sanders and his Fried Chicken - rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted itAlbert Einstein - teachers and parents to think he was mentally handicapped Thomas Edison - teachers told Edison he was "too stupid to learn anything Sidney Poitier brutally rejected by American Negro Theater for his heavy Bohamian accent Others with similar stories - H J Heinz - Emily Dickinson - Lucille Ball - P T Barnum - Fred Astaire - Jerry Seinfeldhttp://www.onlinecollege.org/2010/02/16/  50-famously-successful-people-who-failed-at-first/ And African Americans – Successful in the face of adversity http://www.theroot.com/photos/2010/02/black  businesshistoryanentrepreneurialtimeline.htmlLike anything in the social front, with twisting, and media led head hunting, and the public's eagerness to follow without knowledge. Capitalism is redefined, then accepted for whatever they want.Like the urban racial legends believed with a fury, that Democrats and Republicans switched places. So those Republicans who believed in Civil rights and paid for it putting their money and their lives where their heart was on the matter, are NOW called White Supremacists, while Democrats who were always white supremacists (and also some Black slave owners also) are hailed as civil rights heroes! I hate to say, I’m not name calling. But that’s just stupid!But if we think its true then it must be. Regardless of history of facts and even the blatant manipulations in our society today.Supporting Evidence: An Informative History Lesson on Capitalism (www.khanacademy.org)