America can Either be the Land of the Free or the Land of the Rich

The quote is an acknowledgment of the value of democracy in an American system and how Americans' influence on democracy has led to a shift societally around the world into a more consumer society. How this impacts the world and America negatively. This quote is a representation of how Modern day liberalism and classical day liberalism impact each other in Cannot necessarily live in harmony With modern day liberalism being represented by democracy and classical day liberalism being recognized as capitalism. Democracy can be more valued in a society as it has been historically more important than capitalism with what it impacts in the world and it could also be argued that America as a whole is to a degree a leader in our society due to its power and abilities and that maintaining democracy within the country is more valuable. However the same thing could be argued by different groups that capitalism is more important as it fuels our modern-day society and globalization and relationship building across countries and that due to Americans status capitalism is viewed as a more favored form of economics. Democracy has to be the priority in America over capitalism and consumerism. America's a superpower leader in an example and because Democracy and capitalism impact each other.

THow the perception of America as a leader and a drastic influence on other countries affects the perception of the actions that have been taken in that country. This influences the historical perception of democracy as well as the perception of America as a whole. And there is a level of understanding that can be gathered from this as to why specifically democracy is seen as important in a country because democracy is viewed as individuals being able to collectively express their opinions and belief systems on an issue and being heard and valued by the government.T And the priority of Capitalism over democracy was seen as significantly more important in many scenarios up until the Vietnam War where we can see this priority over capitalism caused much harm and many deaths. The influence of America on other countries including Canada to join this war impacted the quality of life of the citizens of both America and Canada. Causing the protests in both Canada and America on why American and Canadian soldiers were fighting in Vietnam. We can also see as a product of capitalism how the lives of wealthier people were more valuable than minorities or poor people statistically speaking when being selected to go to the Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War had the most severe and evident impact of capitalism over democracy however we can also see this with the Cold War. With the Cold War influencing the battle between Russia and the United States leading to multiple proxy wars that took away from democracy and Americans quality of life as it caused much fear and despair especially in America during this time .

America’s capitalist ideals have influenced many countries throughout the world. Through globalization and outsourcing in America impacting not only the American economy, but the quality of life for citizens and other countries. Ccompanies like Apple, Nike and Walmar t. Focus on capitalism and higher profit with this work being sent to other countries with limited labor. Laws and protections towards citizens encourages promoting capitalism in other countries for the solesoul benefit of the US without promoting democracy. Which is allowed encouragement ofand unsafe labour practices, and behaviors., w Which shows that focusing on capitalism over democracy, not only in the United States, but other surrounding countries who helped to manufacture their goods. heading to developing countries facing issues with low wages and working conditions and other issues that limit quality of life.

The capitalist ideals in the United States have negatively impacted democracy for years; however, now in the modern day, we can see these impacts to a larger extreme. As private healthcare , climate change and other major issues have been impacted further by capitalism. For example, Trump making the active choice to go against previous climate agreements and denounce the existence of climate change we can see that even organizations meant to protect against climate change like the department of the interior who their original initiatives were based around protecting against climate change now or focussing on profit for the United States and mining in Alaska. This information coming with around 70% of Americans believing and climate change in about 60% of them, believing that it is an extreme global threat that needs to be dealt with.

In conclusion America, focussing on capitalism over democracy has negatively impacted the quality of life for both American citizens, Canadian citizens and citizens around the world. In order for other countries to continue to look up to America as an example and a leader in our society. In order for America to regain any semblance of respect or greatness, it needs to focus on democracy once again, and be an example of a healthy democracy. Which, as of recently by going against the beliefs of the people both historically, and in modern day, it has not been a leader in democracy. It has been a leader in capitalist ideals.