Well, we can go back to the 1600's when the dissolute second sons of British nobility were given humongous tracts of land in North America to raise funds to cover their gambling debts (and to stop embarressing their families in Britain). And in the 1800's when states outside the original 13 were being formed you had to own 600 acres or $600 (a huge amount of money at that time) in order to be able to vote, not to mention being classified as "White" (i.e. British) and male. As I say, institutions cannot be reformed. We've been trying for over 400 years and it's just getting worse.

Okay. Capitalism and democracy cannot co-exist. Point taken. But CU made things much, much worse. And "Capitalism" makes serfs of us all. It's not just in the US. Most Westerners have drunk the Koolaid, spending their lives running after the golden ring. We've spread this cancer throughout the world and private capital is positioning itself right now to take ownership of all resources in the world as "payment" for outrageous "debt" and incredibly high interest on secondary debt in developing economies given by private investors so those countries could pay off already onerous post-WWII debt to the IMF and World Bank--themselves creations of Western capitalists. Those secondary debts are charging 45% interest. Ugh. Don't get me started.

Why was a former official of the IMF given the top job at Columbia University? This is nuts. Why would any person with an IQ above 100 want to attend such an institution? Educational institutions as indoctrination centers. Re-education camps. Boy, Palestine sure shines a bright light on imperialism.