Democratic Capitalism (aka "Let's do Star Trek!")
Our economic system is broken. The majority of the population lives in anxious desperation, while a mere handful of people control 90% of wealth. There are those who claim that “the market” will correct, as if it is some great equalizer, but we have seen the market’s correction in action – a funnel that channels currency from the hands of those who work into the hands of those who already own capital. If the market is your God, then you must pray to be born rich, otherwise you are in for a lifetime of hard work just to break even. And while they siphon away your life for profit, they will teach you to blame – not them, for of course money is tied to merit, and they have money, so they must be meritorious – but the poor, who clearly are not working hard enough to earn their keep. Which somehow we all believe, even knowing how miserable it is to work at a factory or a warehouse or a farm or a restaurant, or any one of the hundreds of jobs that are so essential to have, but not to p...