Democratic Capitalism In The United States

In today’s society, the concept of capitalism is characterized by the ability to own private property, produce goods, and services. Democratic capitalism in the US today is said to be the "cornerstone of American society"(Younkins). Similarly to the US, Max Weber is also a democratic capitalist and is viewed as a historical republican of sociology. Max Weber described society as a struggle in reaching authority. In today’s society, many sought to find a complete new style of living through interaction and thought process. Unlike, Marx who had a different conception of capitalism as a whole, Weber was concerned about how social change takes place. The idea of social change being prompted by economic influence was rejected. But, Weber was able to set aside historical materialism and promoted a mindset that class issues such as employment are less significant than the way Marx preached. Never the less, he believed that religious ideas such as Calvinism founded by John Calvin would make Capitalism possible because it advocates a predestination. By this, he addressed that ideas and values are far more important. In contrary, Karl Marx had a differentiated mentality that religion was the key factor into fooling everyone and is what gives society a passive acceptance of capitalism. In contrast, Weber gave notion that people turned …show more content…
He concluded that overtime, society was turning more and more rationalized. Rationalized thinking can be see as progressive motivated thinking. This gives reason that every workers amount of profit should be based on their reflection of skill. Though this was seen as unequal to some, it proved to be fair because it was differentiated by class and status. In the same way, democratic capitalism in the United States today also speaks about the social and moral ideology of the capitalist