[John Scott]

Originally Posted by antolage

Capitalism does not carry any rules, it has only the law of the jungle. The one wich is the strongest gets the most power. You must for example understand that when you sell your electricity lines, or your drinking water installations, there will be no longer a democraticly chosen party ruling over it.

Oh, I get you. You never went to school. You don't even know what democracy is, right? In a democracy, the majority rules. The majority rules everything. The majority, not some imagined "elite" rule things they shouldn't.

Public utilities - yep, that's within the jurisdiction of public oversight. Democracy tells the utilities how, when, why and how much.

I guess this whole argument is due to your lack of education. You simply did not know what democracy was, and though that in democracy the people did not make it their business to oversee public utilities. Ignorance on your part. No problem.

Originally Posted by antolage

The hierarchy in the businesses is more likely to be a dictatorship like system. There is simply one big boss. (exceptions ofcourse)

LOL. Big business - also subject to democratically imposed rules. Also, unfortunately, subjected to the idiocy of the unions.

You really have no idea what democracy is, do you?

Originally Posted by antolage

And no, there is no rule that forbids you can choose your friend Buttmunch, but there is also no rule that says you can.

Again, your lack of education is rearing its ugly head. There is a rule that says I can nominate Buttmunch. It's called democracy, and we have laws that enforce that right.

Originally Posted by antolage

The leaders are chosen between a very small group of people. They are selected by the businesses together with the parties, they decide who the best choices are for the people to choose on. So they show you the candidates.

Actually, no. We choose leaders on the local level that have NO TIES WHATSOEVER to business. In some towns, the leaders elected are barbers, lawyers, college professors, and every other profession.

Who chooses them? Business? No. We choose them with our nomination. We choose them at our primaries. My votes choose them. The votes of other citizens choose them. In total, hundreds of millions of individuals choose their leaders together in a beauty of a thing called American Democracy.

Originally Posted by antolage

Your precious little media democracy makes you believe you choose freely, while instead you see just 4 or 5 candidates, where only 2 candidates will always remain.

Actually, in the beginning there are often more than four or five. Sometimes 10 or more. As the election goes on, the strongest remain, and the ones who did not get support drop out. Would you prefer the weak ones remain in the race in order to humiliate themselves?

Originally Posted by antolage

I really believe the only political commercials you will see on American television will either be the Republicans or the Democrats.

Oh, how wrong you are. Oh course the popular points of views - the Republican point of view and the Democratic point of view - are the most popular and get the most support, but there are many other parties that have made good showings, and even independents like Joe Lieberman.

Does it scare and confuse you that minority viewpoints are not wildly popular? Would you like to name a candidate that capitalism prevented us from nominating?