But they are right about one thing: Democracy IS the enemy of capitalism. The capitalists would like us to believe that free markets will automatically correct the evils of capitalism. But there is no such thing as a free market where there is no proper government. As Chris Hayes reminds us, "In the absence of proper government, the strong will always take from the weak."

And the only proper government is a democracy. Democracy is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for freedom. The capitalists feel that the necessary AND sufficient condition for freedom is property. And I suppose they're right, if you have enough property. That the strong take from the weak is just the natural order of things. There are makers and there are takers...and as far as they are concerned, the takers are contemptible.