Many institutions in the US are "coming apart" due to an increasing emphasis on the "bottom line." Success of a movement, a person, a business, a career, even a marriage -- is being measured by how strong it is financially. Capitalism has begun to penetrate every aspect of American life -- and has become the biggest hindrance to the application of any so-called American values, contained as our birthright in the American Constitution and the activity of the American Government.
Capitalism is an economic system -- and it is not the only one that exists. Its is not a "form of government" nor is it the last "say" in every decision about everything. Why can't we put "boots on the ground" in defense of our principles and our country in Iraq? Why can't we pay the poorest of workers more than the minimum wage? Why don't we consider billionaires as fallible and remorselessly human as the rest of us? You guessed it -- money!
We are hamstrung by our concentration on money, what things cost, what things have value in terms of money, etc. We can no longer differentiate between good and evil, right and wrong, unless it is terms of financial cost. We are the money-changers in the Temple!
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