Debate: Capitalism vs. Democracy
Side: Capitalism

Big waste of time since you failed at interpreting my argument... how sad.Anyway, I do not think that Democracy is bad. People should be able to vote on certain decisions, so long as they don't restrict liberty (like making drugs or gay marriage illegal).If you believe that Democracy should be 100%, you would also support that it was justifiable to sentence Socrates to death and Plato to banishment. No; Democracy, in its purest form, does not work. Even Thomas Jefferson (author of the Declaration of the Independence) pointed out the evils of the majority opinion (religion is a majority opinion in this country, and luckily, today, we accept the idea of Separation of Church and State, because we realize that Liberty is essentially more important than Majority Opinion/Democracy). I do give us too much credit, though, since many states still ban gay marriage and some even ban gay adoption. Why? Because whenever a bill is presented to try and legalize these things, they majority say "no". That is Democracy trumping Liberty.To me, it's important for the majority of citizens to have their way in some issues, like when choosing a representative or deciding on what kind of gun regulations and such; but to let them just take away civil liberties is a reason on why direct democracy doesn't work. Now, this is only based on my opinion that civil liberties are important so I can see how someone who always manages to not be affected by the taking away of certain liberties (like straight, white Christians who don't do any drugs) can be okay with these outcomes, but as a person is none of those things (well, I'm straight, but I have plenty of gay friends who I sympathize for), I do not accept this at all.Can True Capitalism exist in a society that is 100% Democratic? It could, but only if the majority allows it. But that isn't the case in a country like this. Instead of True Capitalism, we have Corporatism which is also a major result of the straight, white Christian who doesn't do any drugs (well, he probably does, but he's rich and doesn't give a fuck).As for this idea of the legalization of drugs leading to more people doing them... that has never happened. We can take the example of the one country that did decriminalize all narcotics (Portugal), and that showed that substance abuse went down... wow.As well, it is even being supported by some Republicans (and none of the Democrats, but that's because Obama is the incumbent and he already has his mind set on not legalizing any drugs, even marijuana) who are running for president that drugs should be treated as a public health issue instead of a criminal issue. Instead of arresting people for possession of certain narcotics (so that they can be sent to a prison where they will easily get their hands on harder drugs, which will make them addicted and dependent on a gang, forcing them to kill, even when they get out of prison, but none of that shit matters, right?), do what Portugal does and give them a mandatory one hour session where they learn the dangers of their actions and can be offered treatment (if they accept). This would save us a bundle of money (dare I say billions?) on the War on Drugs, deter the needless cop vs. drug dealer killings, and help end addiction. There truly is no reason to keep drugs illegal. It is a result of paranoia and fixed values. Same for why Prostitution was made illegal. It's against the white Christians' morality, so instead of just accepting that some people live different lives from them, they say that we must ban these lifestyles. At least gays are able to make this an issue of bigotry... harder to do it with drugs and prostitution (and gambling).