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No. For example China has become a much more capitalist oriented economy, however their government is communist.
Capitalism is an economic system in which the economy is controlled largely by private and corporate consumers and produces of goods and services.
Democracy is a political system in which the people have direct control over the government.

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Not directly, but as with anything humans do, capitalism is subject to corruption. That corruption can and often does undermine democracy, and everything else it touches, including the capitalistic endeavors from where it is born.

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