The Collapse of the American Empire, page-1590

The two models of the State, the Family(social organisation)
& the Corporation (economic organisation) are not democratic;
in fact there is a better case that they are both autocratic/dictatorial in structure.

Democracy, although mooted by the Greeks 2500 years ago, is a recent invention
and our civilisations have not caught up with it yet, IMO.

This doubly complicates the issue of Western Capitalist Democracies
where the right to vote every 3 or 4 years for a representative who
is expected to promote our interests in Parliament is not what a reasonable
person would call Democracy when the vital and ongoing process of living
and earning a living is anything but democratic.

Perhaps Workers Co-Ops are the closest we can get to Democracy at work but of course
that conflicts with Capitalism; so IMO, it leaves us with a snag:
Do we prioritise Capitalism over Democracy or vice versa ,
particularly in cases where one is in conflict with the other