CHAPTER 5

For Profit Must Stay | Capitalism Going Forward

Capitalism

While there is no such thing as pure capitalism, we can analyze the evolution that forms our knowledge of and maneuvering within the system. However, the form of capitalism practiced in the United States, and emulated by many governments, is by far the most stable economic model, but without the soul, it has been so abused that it can scarcely function. We are so wrapped in short-term thinking, with over-the-top speculation spurred on by a constant contact frenzy, that what is flowing through our veins is not blood but a magnetized solution that draws us to invest in or buy things we know nothing about just because it might make us a profit. Look at the corporate buyouts that ...

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