The Mirage of Modern Capitalism
How Marxist Saboteurs and Academic Blindness are Bankrupting the West
What the socialists of today label as "capitalism" is a far cry from the reality of the system. To understand why our economy feels broken, you first have to realize that those in power—the academics and the bureaucrats—are often disingenuous actors comparing themselves to a "crappy situation" they intentionally made worse.
We are being led by economists who make predictions that ignore the two most fundamental elements of physical reality: time and distance. While small business owners must navigate these factors every day to survive, our government is increasingly run by Marxist-trained activists whose goal isn't prosperity, but the managed destruction of the Western system.
The Reality of the Small Business Owner
For anyone actually trying to run a business, costs are not theoretical; they are dictated by the physical world. If I order a $10 widget that takes a month to arrive, but my customer needs it next week, I have a massive problem that an academic economist would likely ignore.
* Shipping and Timing: I can pay $10 for shipping that takes a month, or $30 for express shipping to fulfill the order on time.
* The Profit Trap: If a $10 widget costs $30 to ship, my cost is $40—the same price I intended to sell it for.
* Government Overhead: Because I still have to collect taxes, pay rent, and cover electrical costs, selling at cost is actually operating at a loss.
* The 2x Rule: In the real world, you generally have to sell an item for double its cost just to stay solvent after the government takes its "nonsense" taxes and regulations.
In a capitalist mindset, an employee is rewarded for finding a closer, cheaper supplier to increase efficiency. But in our government, that logic is inverted.
Government Waste and Perverse Incentives
The bureaucracy does not operate on value discovery; it operates on a self-defeating, perverse incentive structure. If a government department is given a million dollars and fails to spend it all, they are "punished" with a smaller budget the following year. This is why you see departments buying brand-new furniture they don't need—they have to burn the cash to ensure the flow continues.
This isn't just incompetence; it is a strategy.
* The Cloward-Piven Strategy: Two professors in the 1960s proposed that Marxists could take over institutions and "overload the system" by expanding welfare benefits until the government goes bankrupt.
* The Long March: Today, our federal, state, and municipal governments are filled with individuals trained by Marxist teachers to be activists rather than public servants.
* Regulating the Market: These saboteurs use "public safety" as a mask to regulate new, creative markets into the ground until only "friends of government" who receive subsidies can survive.
Corruption and the Global Shadow Economy
While these officials lecture us on "equity," half of the U.S. Congress are millionaires, despite many making less than $200,000 a year. This wealth comes from "lobbying"—a legal form of bribery where a $1 million "donation" to a reelection campaign buys a change in regulation or a government grant.
The corruption goes even deeper into the shadow economy. While real capitalism happens on the street—even among drug dealers who must provide value to customers while dodging "gangster taxes"—the biggest player is the state itself.
* The CIA's Role: The Central Intelligence Agency has been implicated for decades as the world's largest drug dealer.
* Afghanistan and Opium: When the Taliban banned opium, the global market crashed; however, once Western alliances moved in, soldiers were essentially tasked with guarding poppy fields to ensure the product reached the international market.
* Legal Immunity: Politicians and agencies get away with this because they claim legal immunity for anything done while in office.
Conclusion
We must stop blaming "capitalism" for the failures of a system that is actively being sabotaged. True capitalism is the honest exchange of value, built over years of establishing trust with a client base. What we have now is a Marxist-led demolition project designed to bankrupt the West so a "communist utopia" can be built on the ashes of our civilization. Until we recognize that our leaders are ignoring the basic realities of time and distance in favor of self-destructive policies, we will continue to watch our economy fall under the weight of its own entitlements.