Economic 'values' can be a danger to the 'democratic spirit'.

Economic values are essential to every form of Government. Obviously, all Peoples, regardless their form of government, need an economy. Each Nation has its own manner of providing for its Peoples. Some economies are 'aspects' of the form of government, and some are completely 'separate' from the form of government. For example, Democracy is a form of government and is 'motored' by the Freedom and Equality of the individuals, at the Bottom of Government. The structure of the economy in a democracy is Capitalistic. That basically means that all economic activity is motored by 'profits'. No one starts a business with the intent to fail at making a good profit. This helps to distinguish 'governing activity' from 'economic activity'. Of course, the two 'disciplines' must be kept separate. By this, I don't mean that Individuals in government should not be successful businessmen, nor do I mean that successful businessmen should not be in politics. The activity of governing has a certain 'democratic purity' that should 'preserve' the act of governing, from being 'contaminated' by the 'profit motive'. That means that all 'governing' is motivated by the democratic spirit which Constitutionally protects the Freedom and Equality of each and every Individual in the social. Making a profit is never a criteria for 'governing'. And, I can assure everyone, that implementing 'freedom and equality' of every individual in the social, will never be the basis for 'making a profit'. Making a profit, is economically, a 'cut-throat activity', and is based on out-doing, out-selling, out-producing, or competing with another human being, always with the intent to out-do the Other. Of course, the problematic at that point, is that there is no way a 'real human being' can compete with a corporation, which is a "fictitious person" according to Law, and hence a recognized "legal fiction". That's why economic activity or the 'economic motor' cannot be the basis for political activity. Corporations destroyed the 'competitive edge' that any one, real individual, 'might have had', against another real individual. Corporations have an 'incomparable economic grasp'. You can call it 'greed', but 'greed' should never be the 'motor' of a Democracy. That, only leads to a Plutocracy; not a Democracy. Only Freedom and Equality of everyone, leads and 'fills-out' the inner workings 'underlying' a Democracy.