Democracy Does Not Depend On Consumptive Corporatist Economics

Illustration by Zohar Lazar

We ostensibly live, for the most part today, in democratic societies. That may have been the case in the past, or it may never have truly been the case at all, due to reservations on the part of those holding power at the dawning of the democratic union regarding the ability of mixed populations to actually choose representatives that will uphold the values of the democracy — and of…