Joseph Shumpeter, famous conservative economist, wrote a book with the title in the 1930's and one of the main points of the book was that Capitalism and Democracy were as inseparable as measles and little red spots.

Shumpeter obviously never saw China where Capitalism now flourishes along with a literal dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. More news from this innovative society: People who complain in China are now being put in mental institutions, tied down, drugged and otherwise tortured. Full story here.

Wonks Anonymous recalls that when the old Soviet Union was doing this sort of thing in the 1970's and 1980's our own government was very public in its disapproval. Wonks Anonymous notes that our government and press still worry vocally about the Russian Government's control of the media and its minor activities against dissidents.

Public reaction to Chinese human rights violations is muted. Probably because our relationship with China is so much more productive and profitable than our relationship with the Soviet Union or Russia.