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.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

i believe it to be a democracy