"Capitalism unchecked is a complete disaster."
JAY, Maine — Zak Ringelstein, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, grew up working class and paid off $150,000 of student debt after he and his wife founded a successful education technology start-up. Many politicians would treat such a rags-to-riches tale as a parable about entrepreneurship, but for him it is more complicated.
Like a growing number of people his age and younger, Mr. Ringelstein, 32, thinks American capitalism does not work. For him, it is a system that has fostered inequality, robbed young people of opportunity and perverted the values of a just society.
“We’re a group of young people who are coming of age at a time when there is not only an extreme unfairness that is felt, but where you have a Trump administration that is not even trying to hide its own corruption,” he said last month, driving in a red pickup truck from one campaign stop to the next. “Capitalism unchecked is a complete disaster.”'
He’s a Long-Shot Senate Candidate With a Message: ‘Capitalism Unchecked Is a Complete Disaster’>>>
Zak Ringelstein is running against Maine’s Senator Angus King, who is heavily favored to win in November. But for Mr. Ringelstein’s supporters, it’s the message that matters most.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/22/us/politics/capitalism-socialism-america-election.html?
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