While I appreciate the passion, some of the core arguments are mistaken. First of call, capitalism is actually about the application of capital to increase total factor productivity. Who deploys the capital is incidental from an economic perspective, which is why the CCCP was capitalist. Secondly, markets shouldn't be "free" (laissaiz-faire) because as Smith noted that will tend to result in consumer-exploiting collusion between a few large players. A certain amount of regulation is required, not least in terms of consumer protections and quality requirements. The real problem in the USA isn't the economics - it's the politics. The same is true increasingly elsewhere. The wealthy, be they individuals or corporations, simply buy politicians to enact favorable rules that enable them to become even more wealthy. Ordinary people then vote for more of the same because they're gulled by vacuous soundbites. The weak link in our modern world isn't markets but our system of governance: representative democracy is so easily subverted as to be an open invitation to create a tiny class of oligarchs, and that's precisely what has occurred. I know nobody wants to accept this, but tinkering with markets will change little or nothing because that's not where the root problem lies.