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Capitalism (in it's purest form) = take care of yourself
Socialism (in it's purest form) = take care of everyone
Which one of these sounds like the philosophy of a more peaceful (not prosperous) future?
Pollyannaish as it may be, the only way to built a tomorrow where everyone isn't at each other's throats, out for blood, is to move toward a societal framework that encourages communities (local, state, national, global) to look out for each other. The bugaboo that conservatives like to trot out is that it's gonna happen overnight, that stormtroopers will arrive on the doors of the rich and demand repentance in large bills.
It will not, can not, happen overnight, over 4 years, or over 40 years. But to say that free market capitalism will cure all ills, that it is the savior of the world, as our prodigal money-man here seems to be saying, is surely a path to personal and societal destruction...eventually, at least.