What Beliefs Unify Democrats?
The unifying belief for Democratic philosophy is that corporate capitalism will manipulate economic and social interactions to the benefit of the corporate capitalists and to the detriment of the society as a whole and especially to the detriment of economically weaker elements of the society. Right away, I anticipate, many will object to the conclusion because they object to the terminology corporate capitalism or weaker elements. So let me beseech the reader to give me some leeway: Try to understand the main point I am making and dont criticize it for being inartfully expressed. My hope is to explore the actual unifying belief for Democrats; once that is accomplished, we can turn to the problem of how to sell the philosophy in its most acceptable (for the democrats) or its most unacceptable (for the republicans) form. The real difference I want to make is between those who basically believe that economic rewards reflect ability and effort and results (the corporate capitalist support
