Pure capitalism is only relevant within the domain of economics, thus has no influence of governmental rule.
The problem with society today is that those who are in positions of power in the governments of the world, not just the US, are being greatly influenced by the needs of the corporations and funded by corporations. Thus, in todays society, it is an essential part of governance that the needs of the corporations be met first before the needs of the people. This then implies that there could be no governemnt in many nations without capitalism...however, if one pays attention to the US political system, the realization that this is a broken form of governance.
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