Agree to disagree then. Maybe we can pick this up again sometime in the future. A future article perhaps.

"Did Capitalism Create our Education System? Or did Education create our Capitalistic System?" Neither. Our government created the education system. Capitalism was around long before that time. "Rose colored glasses" I despise that phrase, but that's another issue. Listen, you apparently don't realize how much government regulations and mandates affect what businesses do, including downsizing and moving overseas. When government interferes with a free market, it no longer can be considered very "free". This is when artificial wages and prices become a serious problem. Feel good legislation like minimum wages, anti-"price gouging", "windfall profit" taxes, and mandated health care coverage affects how businesses can operate. None of these contribute anything positive to a free market. And children in today's world aren't the beginning of this miseducation. The parents of today's children are just as uninformed and uneducated. This is why most kids aren't being corrected when they repeat the nonsense they pick up at school, from television, or on the internet. It's been happening for a few generations. Yes...even baby-boomers. There's a reason they've been labeled the "give me" generation. "Imperialistic Capitalism" Now you're starting to sound like a left-winger. If you cannot look at our current situation rationally, I'm afraid that none of this can be explained to you - and it appears that it does need to be explained. Your opinion on the matter seems to be skewed. You're confusing actions of our government with those of businesses. Corporations operate where and in a way they can be the most successful. If that means they have to downsize or move to another country, then that's what happens. The only people you can blame are the politicians who pass the laws that make this necessary and the voters that put them in office. That's all I have to say. Be educated and be informed about politics, because those things will help you understand the intentions of our government and help us prevent becoming what you seem to think we are doomed to become.

Too many people are not properly educated and this is the result of our government schools. They are not educated enough about economics, history, politics, all of the things that give them the proper perspective about how our world operates. People are too willing to blame anything and anyone else for the problems they face in life and then wait for the government to come along and correct it. Capitalism is not the problem. What type of market would you prefer? The quickest way to achieve third-world status is an uneducated, or miseducated society. Since our government educates a majority of the children in this country, and the government's sole reason for existence these days is to grow larger and become more powerful, we are quickly on our way to this achievement. Like I said, your anger is misguided. This country has been capitalist since its inception. If capitalism was so bad, we would never have gotten to the point we are at today. This country would have died long ago. Capitalism is what makes our country exceptional compared to most of the world. Our country will meet its demise because of the way our population is educated, not because we have a free market. If you have not read the Communist Manifesto, I would suggest you do. If you're not careful, some of your comments may begin to sound like those of Marx. I'm not saying you're a communist, but that your comments against capitalism come eerily close to what Marx thought of the system.

"WE are the government." This was true at the time it was created, but today, people don't seem to understand that concept. Voters in this country continually elect politicians who work against our best interests. The worst part is, not enough people seem to care. They are OK with the government telling businesses and individuals what to do, and they sit back and welcome the "free" government handouts. I disagree with your view on capitalism though. We are not "slave wage earners". Nobody is forcing you to work and there are millions of people who work for themselves. The people who are working for low wages are the ones who have either not yet realized their full potential, or they are low-skilled workers. Corporations are not evil for trying to make money. That is what being in business is all about and it is what drives our economy and enables us to have the quality of life we have in this country. "Sold out & lied to by the corporations that ARE controlling our government more & more! Their are more 'lobbyist' lining their pockets than 'US' right now." The reason this is allowed to happen is because voters do not care. There are far more registered voters than there are lobbyists in Washington. If the citizens of this country want to put a stop to whatever corruption is taking place, they can do it. Unfortunately, this is the problem we face today. People are too interested in how much they're getting "screwed over" by the "rich", or about what's going on with American Idol to do anything about it. We make excuses and worry about Sanjaya instead of being a participant in the process that influences our everyday lives. I know you're frustrated, but without the private market doing what it does best, we would not be having this discussion right now (neither one of us would have a computer). Capitalism has contributed to our success which has made us the most prosperous nation in history. You have to trust that businesses know what they're doing. Their decisions won't always be in everyone's best interest. Sometimes decisions will be made that adversely affect a few in order to help more people in the long run.