Another criticism of democracy, which is usually advanced by the Nocialists, is that it is capitalistic and favours the richer classes. It is also pointed out that democratic States are dominated by the landlords, industrialists, financiers and big businessmen. Hence democracy is regarded IS an instrument of domination and exploitation of the poorer classes by the ncher classes. There is, indeed, a great element of truth in this criticism, as the nature and working of the governments of the democracies of Western Europe and America show us.<\/p>