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As for democracy, a system without capitalism is the only system which can be truly democratic and independent of economic corruption. You could see companies, some of them have more money than entire states on this planet, as small dictatorships floating around wherever it is easiest for them to exploit. Capitalism is what lets them do this. They could be replaced with democratic
workers' councils, or they could be managed by people assigned by an elected government. There are probably other options as well.
Companies hold a huge portion of the economic power on this planet, but for some reason, people in our societies only think of our government budget as something which should be decided democratically (and in this case, representative democracy, where people have significantly less influence than direct democracy).
Oh, and then there are the political campaigns, which, in USA, cost millions of US$. How democratic is it that only the rich get to advertise their politics, and only the ones which want to improve the conditions for the companies and banks get their financial support to run their campaigns?
I think, the biggest reason why we call our societies democratic is because we've heard our parents say it, we've watched them say it in the news, we've read it in the newspapers, we've heard it at school and from everyone around us.
Democracy isn't a yes or no option, but a gradual scale. While most countries are doing worse, our societies certainly aren't doing impressively on that scale. In my opinion, at least.
But no, socialist revolutions so far have not formed democratic governments, as far as I know.
