SEEMS to be a much better system than free market capitalism. Bernie Sanders, the senator who has always put people first, adheres to this philosophy and his consistent work to help people over the decades has earned my respect.
I think that all but the greediest among us recognize that free market capitalism ( a misnomer because there are no free markets, monopolies yes) is a terrible system that only benefits those who have no problem with taking advantage of others. I am disabled and retired, I could still make good profits if I were to use my skills and hire people for a non-living wage and oversee their work.
As far as we know, we have one life. I do not want to live mine taking advantage of people. Basically in America, that is the only way to accumulate wealth. That is why I am not wealthy.
IF "we" ( and it can only be accomplished when the masses refuse to participate in this system) choose another system (like Democratic Socialism which seems to be a much more fair economic system) we will have to remain vigilant because the greedy, self-serving will always be with us.
IMO, that is what happened to capitalism. Even though it is based on taking advantage of inequalities among people, FDR did much to
equalize and restrain corporations from owning and abusing us.
"We" did not remain vigilant (often because of political party affiliations, "he/she is a Democrat and would never put corporate America first"
and now we find that the only thing lacking is the bar-code on our bodies.
The approximately 80% of us who have been harmed in some way by unfettered capitalism, should IMO create a political party whose platform is people before profits. I see this as the very least we can do for ourselves.
Sadly, there has been no majority attempt at this. We seem to be restrained by the (corporate) voices that tell us "if you don't vote for the dlc candidate, we will have republican rule."
Yes, currently there seems to be only two choices. It usually boils down to the lesser of two evils, which is still evil.
"We the people" have some choices to make and if we choose to change the current system, we have a lot of hard work to do.
Sadly, we do not seem inclined to make the difference and we keep hoping that something will change. We are the only ones who can change it and the timetable keeps getting smaller if we hope to do it peacefully.
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