Part of the problem is that While Democrats and Liberals are WAY WAY better than Conservatives, they still play by the same rules within the same system. Yes Capitalism can be restrained, but it will ALWAYS ALWAYS try to break those restraints, and money will flow into fewer and fewer hands and those fewer, wealthier people, will try to change the rules to keep themselves in power.
The problem is the incentive structure. We are ALL OF US taught "competition" and "rugged individualism" and "bootstrapping" and if you don't succeed, then it's because you are lazy or there is something wrong with you, or your people, or your culture. All of us have that inside our minds to some extent. Democrat or Republican, Liberal or Conservative. It is the degree to which it drives us. Liberals recognize inequality and think is isn't a good thing. They want to spread the benefits of society more equitably, but again, they think that Capitalism is an ally, that "the wealth" can be spread through government. It shouldn't be about "the wealth". People need food, water, shelter, clothing, etc.. just to basically survive. Then we need to be mentally and emotionally fulfilled. Capitalism doesn't do that because Capitalism is designed to SELL. It sells you what you think is happiness but only if it makes somebody money and only if you can afford it. If you can't then it's because you don't deserve it.
We need redefine what "success" is. We need to redefine our relationship to one another. That sounds idealistic and utopian, but the reality is that if we keep going this way, we are all going to die, and soon.
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