Yes this country has always been a capitalist controlled country which was working OK however over time the corporations were able to buy off more and more politicians and by the late 90's the corporations were able to take full control of our government. That's why now we live in a Oligarchy / corporate capitalist controlled country in which the billionaires and the corporations control the government. We are expected to work like slaves all our lives and give all our hard earned money to the filthy rich. Our government doesn't want the people to know how much better Socialism is ( although not perfect) so they demonize it and lump it in with Communism which of course is horrible and completely different. It's like two extremes, Capitalism at one end and Communism at the other. The best is in between with Socialism which limits the amount of wealth and property one person can own ( such as three houses max) which is fair when you have so many people with nothing living in poverty and / or on the streets. Even many working Americans are homeless now and have to live in their cars because of the extreme greed of the property owners. The ONLY solution is a REVOLUTION, start taking down these greedy bastards like Luigi Mangione had the courage to do