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con-artist a good capitalist? Is capitalism the same as anarchy? Can you do anything you damned please? To anybody? Buyer beware? Morality be damned? Who the hell set the HMOs above the law? Law belongs to US! Not them. Not anybody else. That is a negation of our entire essence as a people. Unequal protection under our law? In the name of what? Capitalism?" Shannon looked grim. Her neck was pulled into her sweater. Her brows were nearly sitting on her cheeks. But Macaluso was not done. Squinting into the distance, "Yet, it isn't even mentioned in our founding documents. Not a trace of any ism is mentioned. Not even the isms of religion, except to keep them apart from the rule and structure of law. Our forebears had it exactly correct. They were against any consolidated power, any interest having vested protection. Our only consistent doctrine ought to be to disallow accumulation of unbalanced power - of any kind. No power of any kind or degree ought to exist without direct redress of we the people. Power without review or redress - no matter what - is evil. Power without redress from the people is evil without any further evaluation or discussion. It doesn't matter how it is used. Power without redress is evil because of how it might be used. It can upend our ship of state. We the people can drown in their waters." Poking the table with his index, yet still peering into nothingness, "To a degree, we've been successful in keeping power in the hands of the common people, a diverse and widely held guardianship. Of the people, by the people, and for the people is not unclear. Government is power. The people - in the broadest sense - ought to have that power - be the sole possessors of that power. We allow industry - if WE please. We grant process to allow business transactions in OUR land, in OUR midst, so that WE may benefit from the process. It is permitted by us for us. WE own this place. We let