In defiance of the free market’s proven success in eradicating poverty, America and most of the rest of Western Civ continue on their jaunty way to self-destruction. What irony and stupidity for humans to believe that their successful attainment of mass prosperity via dynamic capitalism is but a prelude (not an end) on the road to progress, the next step being a “perfect” centrally planned utopia. A corrupted populace bought off by entitlements and “free” basic services is at fault, not the power-hungry demagogues seducing the masses with the old deadly siren song of socialism.
Clearly!