We are at the end of an era - The Colonial Era. We had monarchs and plutocrats guiding us through the last 500 years as western European nations expanded over the globe. We established two amazing social adaptations to regulate our societies: Democracy and Capitalism. Now we have to decide which one is more important. Do we want democratic Capitalism (DC), or capitalist Democracy (CD)? DC gives us the ability to vote on things, up to the point where we intrude on peoples right to own things. CD gives us the ability to vote on everything, while preserving a degree of ownership. The question is how many resources should one individual be able to control? We have to share the planet - so what is a reasonable limit on how much any one individual should own? A few acres and a mule? A bed and a warm place to go to the bathroom? $10,000,000? An entire nation? We'll just have to see how it plays out...

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