While some expected the market to liberate people from oppression, Dewey argues, market-structures have created their own problems – as he puts it, "the same forces which have brought about the forms of democratic government, general suffrage, executives and legislators chosen by majority vote, have also brought about conditions which halt the social and humane ideals that demand the utilization of government as the genuine instrumentality of an inclusive and fraternally associated public."
While some anticipated that the market would free people from oppression, Dewey asserts, market-structures have created their own issues – as he puts it, "the same forces that have led to the forms of democratic government, general suffrage, executives and legislators chosen by majority vote, have also brought about conditions that hinder the social and humane ideals that demand the utilization of government as a genuine instrumentality of an inclusive and fraternally associated public."