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I think that Democracy is broken. CMV

Well, my title pretty much explains what I think. I think that democracy is broken and might even be beyond repair. The problem as I see it is the conflicting interests of our great institutions. Our democracy was built on the belief that all of us were born equal (one person,one vote), that we should all have equal opportunities,rights and responsibilities. These I believe to be noble beliefs that if left un-corrupted would genuinely make a difference in our world. On the other hand the institution of capitalism is built on a system that says that money votes, the more money that you have the more power you have and naturally not all of us have the same amount of money. Those with access to large sums of money tend to want to keep that money for themselves instead of letting some of it go to the greater good of society. It is against their interests for all of us to be equal because then they would have to give something up. Thus, they have use their money and to warp our institutions to their interests until they have become unrecognizable. Democracy is broken. Change my view.
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Our democracy *wasn't* "built on the belief that all of us were born equal". Women and blacks couldn't vote for many decades. Democracy didn't break because it was never flawless to begin with.

It's certainly not the case that all people's votes count equally. Just look at how malapportioned the U.S. Senate is, for example - per citizen, a resident of Wyoming has 66 times the representation of a resident of California.
 
People are never equally represented, we just have to be aware of that and try to push our government towards more equality.