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The Morning Briefing: Crowdfunding and causes

That banner is more worthy of getting comments than the scope of the article.

Capitalism isn't working, because, socialism is destroying it. Socialism is self-destructive, and when people want bigger government and get it, socialism tends to overpower the free-spirit of the free-market/capitalism. Both cannot exist together. Socialism is destructive, and capitalism is not the problem. The problem is that, "when the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic", which is another way of saying that, the republic will die as a consequence of the people killing the free-market system.

Haven't we seen that extremism on any topic is not only irrational, but destined to fail. Capitalism and socialism and communism are all inventions of people who think they can create a better world. There are some aspects of each that have merit and others, that if exaggerated are destructive. Look at what treating corporations like people have done to our struggling democracy. Look what communism did to the Soviet Union. We need a balance of isms that work for the majority to live their dreams and be a productive member of society.