> And it just so happens that the current system we came up with - a mixed market with a strong, democratically elected public authority, yet freedom for indivi

> And it just so happens that the current system we came up with - a mixed market with a strong, democratically elected public authority, yet freedom for individuals to pursue taxable profits - is the one that seems to work the best, because it pushes powerful people, both politicians and capitalists, to cater to the needs of society if they need to maintain their power. It's not an utopia, human nature has not changed and some would chain other people up tomorrow like in medieval times if they could get away with it, yet it works remarkably well. I think the conclusion I'm coming to, at least for now, is that while that is in fact the system that we owe much of our current wealth to, it is not necessarily the system we currently live under. Yet we do have a society that likes to pretend it is still the system.