Capitalism or Socialism?

The deteriorating conditions of the US economy has sped past the point of recovery, especially given the system of control (political) in which this decay acts out. The entitlement system is going to implode the economic and social order within our lifetime, but with current conditions the prevailing downturn is only accelerating these trends so that we have a truncated timeline with which to anticipate the collapse. 

That said, it is an indisputable fact that Obama will be the next president, and this state of affairs has nothing to do with voting or the popular will of the electorate for that matter. It is simply a statement of the ruling elites, the bankers who see in Obama a conciliatory voice and also a willing accomplice in their transfer of wealth out of the country. Furthermore, the Republicans do not want to inherit the next four years, as they perceive the hardship and mismanagement of the US economy blame as falling on the party who controls the executive branch. 

The question of socialism or capitalism is moot at this point. We have entered a thoroughly post-modern era. Capital no longer can be restrained by even the laws of thermodynamics, and so we have 4th quarter of 08 among other anomalies and should expect many more. We no longer have the luxury of ideological or philosophical debates about which system we prefer. Instead we should be preparing for the inevitable revolution to come, and the social anarchy that will consume the country when the central government collapses. It remains to be seen what kind of governing apparatus will replace the current regime. 

What remains for Americans who are wise and possessed of foresight is to arm themselves with as much knowledge and material as will allow them to forge new alliances and political foundations for the re-birth of the nation or the balkenization of the post-collapse order.