This is why most of Europe has been stagnant for a hundred years.

Capitalism isn't sink or swim, and there is nothing "cutthroat" about it - it is a system of justice; those that have not earned values are not given them as though they had (at the expense of those that did earn them).

Id be more interested in how you think things should work, since is appears to me you are merely trying to incite something.

nothing less than a revolution will turn the US around from its path to socialism.

Also, Apeman, may I ask what nationality you are?

No, but that a government exists does not mean that government must exploit by force.

I'm not a libertarian. I am a capitalist, and I am an American.

You don't know what you're talking about, and by twisting history you insult those who died to fight the real fascists.
Your ignorance sickens me.

I've never claimed to be an American, you're assuming; why don't you just ask (then you can be more certain in your attacks on me based on my nationality)?

Colonialism ended in Africa for the most part decades ago, individual rights have gone unprotected in the vast majority of African nations since then, and no coincidence, conditions have not improved in such nations.

I think if anything, the 19th century and early 20th century demonstrate WHY unrestricted capitalism doesn't work. Companies will squeeze the life out of their employees to make a profit, and few will offer a better alternative, because they don't HAVE to and can still generate profit. That's brutal.

It isn't unfair because a third world country is a third world country on principle; most African nations for example are in such horrid conditions not because of 'fate' or some other mystical reason, but because few (if any?) countries in Africa have ever had protected individual rights, specifically property rights.