Spooky Capitalism

As the spookiest time of year draws nearer and nearer (no I'm not talking about finals) the effects of capitalism in the US are ever strong, as usual, with the massive quantities of Halloween themed goods.

Much like myself, most of us are slaves to Capitalism and it's ever-inciting new goods, fancy cars, and electronics that conveniently break just about the time of the newest version's release.
But despite the obvious flaws of the system, when most Americans hear "Capitalism" we think of freedom to choose and, by gosh, at least it's not Communism. Communism, the dreaded equal work and sharing of goods produced by the country, oh the horror.

Of course both systems have flaws, but we seem to have blinders on as a nation as to the obvious flaws of Capitalism.

Now tell me, doesn't this just sound wrong when I'd tell you that just a few weeks ago my neighbors rented a dumpster and took out Tupperwares full of old possessions and just threw them away, didn't even donate them to Goodwill or anything. Yet despite that, I still have the itching feeling that they're better than my family because they have more money. That, my friends, is Capitalism at work.

Yet it's not like we haven't been warned before about the problems of this system we so highly revere. Everything in our lives centers around this accumulation of wealth, and that's the way it's always been and probably always will be in our country. Sadly, there isn't a whole lot we can do to change or reform it because the power of change and reform is, unlike what our founding fathers wanted, very much out of our hands.

Take for example the 2nd Amendment, the right to bear arms. This was enacted not as a "we want our guns" sort of thing, but more so to allow the people to be at the same level as the government, so if a revolution was needed, it could happen. If this were the case, the people should have access to military-level weaponry. Yet this isn't really a feasible option or solution. It just really goes to show how fundamentally broken our system is.

But alas, we must put up with it none the less.