[HDThoreaun]

The end state of socialism and communism is also "you'll own nothing and be happy". All political/economic systems suffer from corruption and abuse of power at the top. The only difference is the ability for the masses to control their own destiny. Market economies give them a little, control economies give them none.

[nebula8804]

True, yeah both extremes suck. My optimistic hope is that the US self corrects to something like what the European countries have: a flavor of Democratic Socialism. Right now its not looking good, the US is moving further to extreme capitalism with no real end in sight.