We Also Have A Cultural Phenomenon: The

But We Don't Have An Example Of A Democratic Society Existing In A Socialist Economy - Which Is The Only Real Alternative To Capitalism In The Modern World.

On The One Hand, Man Is A Body, In The Same Way That This May Be Said Of Every Other Animal Organism. On The Other Hand, Man Has A Body. That Is, Man Experiences Himself As An Entity That Is Not Identical With His Body, But That, On The Contrary, Has That Body At Its Disposal. In Other Words, Man's Experience Of Himself Always Hovers In A Balance Between Being And Having A Body, A Balance That Must Be Redressed Again And Again.

So I Think One Can Say On Empirical Grounds - Not Because Of Some Philosophical Principle - That You Can't Have Democracy Unless You Have A Market Economy.

If You Say Simply That Pressures Toward Democracy Are Created By The Market, I Would Say Yes

It Has Been True In Western Societies And It Seems To Be True Elsewhere That You Do Not Find Democratic Systems Apart From Capitalism, Or Apart From A Market Economy, If You Prefer That Term