Abstract

Growing up in the United States of America, we are often taught at a young age the core principles of what makes our country what it is, and why we are so lucky to live in such a great nation. Two of the pillars of our country are its form of government, democracy, and economy, capitalism, the two being reliant on each other. However, while capitalism and democracy do share a relation, it's not what most people would believe. In capitalist governments, the idea of a democracy is simply a tool to be used in order to insure the financial gain of the wealthiest individuals. Big business is driven by the amount of wealth to be garnered, not by upholding the freedoms of people as how it should be in a true democracy. That relation can be seen with how American corporations and businesses function both domestically and internationally.