![]() Basewich says, “It was not the prospect of making do with less that sustained American-style liberal democracy, but the promise of more. The American society is too materialistic. This similar condition is seen in Bacevich’s “The Real World War IV”. All these social evils arise from the materialistic nature of employers, whose main objective is to maximize the gains through the extension of working hours. We are told that the longer working hours results into “several cases of resignation that may feed social resentments and acquisitive envy the continuing conflicts pitting workers against coworkers and the deleterious influence upon democracy itself” (Greider 254). The problems affect the individuals, the families - just like Joseph’s, and the entire society. Socially, various problems arise from the longer working hours. ![]() As a result, he can not pick up his kids from school. Democracy gives Joseph a right to either work or not work overtime however, the materialistic nature of the masters make them believe that they have a right to fire Joseph. So, it must fully utilize the overtimes in order to maximize the gains and any opposition is dealt with accordingly, regardless of the effects. The company understands that overtime work is usually less expensive. As a single parent, he had to pick up his kids from school by 6 pm.” (254). It says, “In Baltimore, Maryland, a service technician named Joseph is fired after twenty four years with Bell Atlantic because he refused to work overtime on weekdays…. ![]() In the article “Work Rules,” Greider gives an example of a worker who, in spite of working for a company for a very long time, is fired because he refuses to work overtime. Masters or the employers always believe in maximizing their gains regardless of the consequences to the workers. It is therefore true that unguided capitalism and materialism undermine democracy.Ĭapitalism directly causes social injustice. The masters or the employers want it all, just as the America society who believes that they must have full control of oil. In both articles, there is great abuse of democracy and capitalism, as materialism carries the day. With the American concept of democracy and the material riches, the country can do anything in order to satisfy its interests, even if it abuses the democracy of other nations. Andrew Bacevich’s “The Real World War IV” is centered on the misuse of democracy by the American society. From this relationship, he acknowledges the material gains to the masters and the American society as a whole however, he wonders whether the Americans have democracy or not. William Greider, in his article “Work Rules,” looks at the concept of democracy from a master-servant point of view. This is quite evident in the American society, and in America as a country. As a result of democracy, capitalism has always been on the rise, and has gone out of control, to a level that it demeans the very democracy which defines it. In this case it is essential to understand what is more important. The concept of democracy may be dishonored in a capitalistic society where people have to put a lot of emphasis on their career. On the other hand, a country may look at democracy as the right to self rule without interference from another country. A society can consider democracy as the freedom from dictatorship, right to equal representation, social equality, or classlessness. The term democracy can be used in various ways.
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