i agree. most of what you've said i would describe as crony crapitalist bribery of the masses to affect subjugation of the rest of us. that is why we have this promotion of the idea that we live in a democracy. then the votes of the bribed majority can be used against the rights of the few who are still cogent enough to know that they have rights. i do think that the keynesians have a large part in the printing of money to bribe the majority, through the welfare state, undermining of the "free markets", as well as the widespread use of regulatory market capture. please don't misunderstand, i do believe that the psychopaths and sociopaths in our society have a disproportionate effect on the distribution of value, leaving the problems of manipulated markets out was not my intent. i was mostly taking a whack at the communist who flagged me. i do believe there is plenty of evidence for problems in all these systems. it's just so easy to point out the enormity of the communist failures when one of them gets to thinking they're right. it is a vast puzzle and i don't think i'll ever discern a functional dynamic that takes into account all human variation, at least one that allows the space for us all to be free. any suggestions? i always try to go in too many directions at once.