Super essay Caitlin. Kudos!!!! We already have socialism, but we reserve it for those who least need it (the ultra scammers). The mega scam is letting them gamble with your money, and bailing them out when their bets go south. I recently discovered a quote by the late, great Bruno Latour that I really like: "If the WORLD were bank, they would have bailed it out already. As more authentic ecological practices, note: http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue102/Daneke102.pdf