The capitalization of socialism(communism) has begun..
-OR- the socialization of capitalism its the same thing..
And will continue until people see that socialism is a political disease..
and democracy is the carrier..
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. -V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism .-Karl Marx
How come all socialist and communist countries are antidemocratic, then? A republic cannot work without representative democracy, and neither can a constitutional monarchy; these need separation of powers and the rule of law to prosper rather than autocracy. Communist states have pseudodemocracy, where the power lies with appointed bodies and the elected bodies act as a rubber stamp; same with socialist entities such as the European Union. All communists (save, arguably, in South Africa) have come to power via violent revolution instead of being elected into power; they degenerate into non-democratic oligarchy or autocratic monarchy/cult of personality.