Originally posted by betaPhoto And the US is not practicing Capitalism, the current lame attempt is an insult to capitalism.
Perhaps you are arguing from a non-existent ideal of both communism and capitalism. When has capitalism been 'pure' - and what does that mean anyway?
Capitalism depends on certain social and political support structures, i.e. rules and regulations, for it to operate. Without rules and regulations, and their enforcement, it ain't a well operating free market, but rather an anarchist free for all. Sort of what Russia has become.