Thank you for these excellent clarifications. I agree with you, especially in that it’s the role of governments to act as impartial regulators of markets — this is what I would argue for as well. After I wrote this, I wondered if I’d been precise in my use of the word “Capitalism,” and if I didn’t mean “free markets”. But I was using “Capitalism” in the sense of the opposite of “Communism” as it was thought of during the Cold War, when Communism was always condemned as an ideology by the West. My point is the barons of Wall Street who oppose government regulation turn Capitalism (or “free markets” more precisely) into an ideology, in that it can’t be tinkered with, it won the Cold War, it’s magic, etc. I think one of the barriers to us being able to enact the common sense regulation of markets that we need is this pervasive ideology, including such myths as hard work is rewarded fairly with money, markets regulate themselves naturally and provide for our needs, if we accept any government regulation it’s a slippery slope to Communism, and we all know how horrible that was, etc… I just wanted to inspire people (who might not be economists) to question these myths and assumptions that are so pervasive in our culture, by pointing out where they fail. My point was to critique the ideology, not markets themselves. I’m not sure if I have been clear, though.