617to416 The problem is not "capitalism" per se, but American zero-sum plunder capitalism dedicated to funneling the nation's wealth into the wealthiest pockets. This form of capitalism makes life increasingly precarious for 99.99% of us as our wealth, income, and opportunity continually decrease, while the 0.01% hoard mind-boggling amounts of wealth. That 0.01% wisely invest some of that wealth in campaign donations to ensure that our elected officials exclusively represent their interests. They have purchased complete ownership of one of our political parties, whose agenda is to remove legislative and regulatory impediments to their owners' greed while eliminating government services that benefit non-wealthy Americans. They own enough of the other party to preclude effective opposition. The increasing level of inequality in this country testifies to the effectiveness of those policies. A well-developed propaganda apparatus keeps millions of people consistently and enthusiastically voting against their own interests. Culture wars sufficiently distract them from recognizing the real agenda of the party they so proudly support.The propaganda has most of us believing that anything other than zero-sum plunder capitalism is "socialism" or "communism." But in reality, capitalism with regulatory guardrails that are checks and balances to greed, offering opportunity to anyone willing to work hard, is the way to the "American dream" that plunder capitalism has demolished.

617to416 The problem is not "capitalism" per se, but American zero-sum plunder capitalism dedicated to funneling the nation's wealth into the wealthiest pockets. This form of capitalism makes life increasingly precarious for 99.99% of us as our wealth, income, and opportunity continually decrease, while the 0.01% hoard mind-boggling amounts of wealth. That 0.01% wisely invest some of that wealth in campaign donations to ensure that our elected officials exclusively represent their interests. They have purchased complete ownership of one of our political parties, whose agenda is to remove legislative and regulatory impediments to their owners' greed while eliminating government services that benefit non-wealthy Americans. They own enough of the other party to preclude effective opposition. The increasing level of inequality in this country testifies to the effectiveness of those policies. A well-developed propaganda apparatus keeps millions of people consistently and enthusiastically voting against their own interests. Culture wars sufficiently distract them from recognizing the real agenda of the party they so proudly support.The propaganda has most of us believing that anything other than zero-sum plunder capitalism is "socialism" or "communism." But in reality, capitalism with regulatory guardrails that are checks and balances to greed, offering opportunity to anyone willing to work hard, is the way to the "American dream" that plunder capitalism has demolished.

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