Article II

“It is impossible for capitalism to survive, primarily because the system of capitalism needs some blood to suck. Capitalism used to be like an eagle, but now it's more like a vulture. It used to be strong enough to go and suck anybody's blood whether they were strong or not. But now it has become more cowardly, like the vulture, and it can only suck the blood of the helpless. As the nations of the world free themselves, the capitalism has less victims, less to suck, and it becomes weaker and weaker. It's only a matter of time in my opinion before it will collapse completely.e
-Malcolm X

America became the single most dominant force on Earth when the Soviet Union fell in late 20th Century. Only 17+ years later, that sole position is in jeopardy of being lost. Is it because the United States is a capitalist nation, and like Malcolm X said, "It is impossible for capitalism to survive". Is it true, are we bound to fall. We are motivated by greed, a good example is the medical field. Private companies are competing against one another to be on top, which produces more and more medicine, and more money for themselves. If there was no private companies, we would have lower quality medical care from the government. But what of the many left on the street because they can not afford health-care?

The Soviet Union was socialist and communist, and it has fallen already. The U.S. is often compared to Ancient Rome. Yes, similarities are there, Rome was the power of the world during its time. And yes it is said, that history repeats itself. Should we change to a socialist country, some say we are heading there already. Still, not everyone in America wants to pay for lets say, someone's health care who can not afford it. So maybe we are better as we are, capitalist. In capitalism, the poor has a chance to make a better life for themselves, take Chris Garner for an example. He rose from poverty and homeless to become a wall street legend, and his story became a movie "The Pursuit of Happyness".

An 100% capitalist will not work, but America is not that. We will just have to wait and see how things play out, time will show things out. Possibly America can survive as it is, but changes will have to come.