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Transcending   “Better”   Capitalism; More Succinct than   “Utopian”   Socialism. Photo by   Intricate Explorer   on   Unsplash . . Essay originally published on Medium . . Each American as a different view of what capitalism and socialism mean, or what they expect from these two theories of economics, and their political underpinnings. Some portion of Americans dislike both, but most have stronger negative or positive feelings about one or the other.   “Better” capitalism,   for many Americans, may just mean more socialism plugged into capitalism, or those focused on socialism as the path forward may dislike my use of the term utopia. Yet that is a big problem with both capitalism and socialism; Americans are all over the map on how they perceive each theory because our understanding of both is varied, and is   anchored   at several levels. Plus each can be multilayered with myth, and misinformation, encouraged or directed by frien...

 Raising our ideals higher. Photo by   Cristina Gottardi   on   Unsplash . Originally published on Medium . . History tells us inequality is a main reason for the collapse of civilizations, or any massive social disruption.   The Roman Empire , and the   nation states of ancient Greece , were forever battling their cases of undulating generational inequality. Their aristocrats continually amassed all the wealth, then ran into major problems with the   lower   classes. Class warfare was the common result of such wealth concentration bubbles. Hostilities over inequality only ended when a decent amount of leveling imploded the extremes. . Economic conservatives are always touting “free” markets as if they   free   up everything for the perfect meritocracy Olympic Games.   Survival-of-the-fittest   is also trotted out as the reason for determining who should   win,   and who should   lose . That nothing else really ...