"...it's not a left- right thing it's an us vs. them (with them being the elites) and they are beating the crap out of us." I agree with this SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much. Almost completely correct. The reason why the small group of elites are SO much wealthier/more powerful is a lack of education/development of intelligence in the general population. And the reason that we are failing at that is because of socialistic aspects of our society such as "welfare," public education, and insurance of every type. Damage being done by the "food," medicine/"health care," and alcohol industries amplifies the problem. Here's how I see it: the nation is mostly split 50/50 rep vs dem. The dem half are completely mislead and there is Nothing good there. Eliminate that and you have the rep party. This is a good start, with some good things and bad things and a lot of stuff worth contemplating and voting on. But the dem half needs to become only a shameful memory in American history much like the slavery from which it was born.

"...human nature...we are a greedy and envious race..." My solution to limit the adverse effects of greed is to impose a cap on the size that a business can reach. Google can be an exception ;-)

Capitalism doesn't work? Where does it exist? Where has it ever existed?? Who cares, just analyze the theory and see that everything will eventually fall into place.