Quote Originally Posted by bigtopsfinn
I just wanted to clarify that socialism, democracy, and capitalism can all co-exist, can they not?
No they cannot

Democracy is a system of government and has very little to do with socialism or capitalism.

Socialism and Capitalism are economic theories which can be independent of governmental structure. Socialism and Capitalism are unable to coexists. Socialism is set up for the collective, Capitalism is set up for the individual.