How far did capitalism win out over democracy during the gilded age?

The capitalism won over democracy during the gilded age by far and one example is that powerful people that had in their hands the economic future of thousands of people they took decisions that benefitted majorly themselves and not the others. And of course, the life style of powerful people was getting better thant the rest of the population and as capitalism is based on the private property, the ones who could get better products and life style were only people who had the possibilities to do it.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n:

1. where does the energy of a nuclear power plant come from?

d) political bosses should not hold office