The capitalist enterprise is politically autocratic, not democratic.

Evidence

In Dewey’s democratic version, political life is singled out as central, while for the technocratic version, the technical aspects of production hold the honored position. Both have been blind to— or at least treated in quite unrealistic manner— the social relationships of capitalist production. Dew­ ey’s overall framework seems emminently correct. His error lies in charac­ terizing the social system as democratic, whereas, in fact, the hierarchical division of labor in the capitalist enterprise is politically autocratic. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 549

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the book’s running thesis (ch10-11) that schooling aims at social control; here applied directly against Dewey’s democratic account. — connects to: Formal market equality between buyer and seller masks exploitation inside the enterprise.; Capitalism has no necessary political form but tends toward parliamentary democracy — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 624; Democracy genuinely threatens capitalist economic priorities, so capitalism is antidemocratic. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 372 (+2 more)
• SEED: An essay angle: how the word ‘democratic’ masks the autocratic structure of the workplace Americans inhabit for most waking hours.
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Capitalism has no necessary political form but tends toward parliamentary democracy #contradicts (0.95) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 624
• Democracy genuinely threatens capitalist economic priorities, so capitalism is antidemocratic. #corroborates (0.90) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 372
• Capitalism’s coercion is impersonal market dependence rather than personal domination. #contradicts (0.70) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 77
• Capitalism’s coercion is impersonal, operating through economic need rather than direct command #contradicts (0.70) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 77