I respectfully disagree that we live in a capitalist system , theres no capital in the system for a start its all debt. Plus the very obvious bailing out of huge banking interests that are "too big to fail" thats the complete opposite to a capitalist system where the free market should decide if a business sinks or swims not the state. Capitalism would have no central planning either, so no central banking, no central intelligence etc. This system is an oligarchy, a corperatocracy, a kleptocracy , a plutocracy maybe ..... one thing it isn't is what mainstream tell you it is. Politicians are puppets I agree but willing puppets. They are people who want dominance over others and this makes them at best sociopaths and at worst psychopaths.