<...The US has been blessed by the serindipity of combining democracy with capitalism. This is a case of two concurrent concepts handshaking to the benefit of both. Unfortunately, either concept can exist and have its own being (Sein--for SADI-Tech) without the other. Capitalism does just fine under a dictatorship. Democracy does not require capitalism for being. It is how concepts are combined that make all the differences.

I disagree. In the long run, a political system protecting individual rights and property is essential for a free market to work properly, and vice versa. While you do have nations trying to bastardize one or the other, the result is a kludge that never works well for very long. If you would give me examples of capitalist dictatorships, or democratic socialist states. No example of the former comes to mind. Simply containing industries, like China, does not make a nation capitalist. Sweden is usually touted as the prime example of the latter, but there are several schools of thought as to how successful this has been. The letter in my link from the guy who lived in Sweden--assuming it is authentic of course--is sobering. It is a known fact that Sweden has one of the highest suicide rates in the world.

Do you have any other examples in mind that might disprove my thesis about political and economic freedom being inseparable for proper function? This is an interesting line of thought.