"When the laws can be used to plunder, the plunders will make the laws."

There's a delicate balance which must be maintained. In a capitalist society, labor must be protected. In a socialist economy, capital must be protected.

In the US labor has been eliminated as a social factor. Capital rules, and since the very heart of capitalism is greed, it's excesses will take over for a while.

The Libertarian philosophy, which is truly a joke, does not account for large societies, companies, or monopolies. It does not account for human nature. It's basic premises are refuted by WorldCom, Enron, Madoff, etc.

So, as capital accumulates more and more power, as bigger and bigger underclasses develop, as the "American Dream" is replaced by the minimum wage and welfare, and as the wealthy refuse to pay for the havoc they've created it will get worse and worse.

How it plays out isn't known, but in other countries it hasn't been pretty.

And Republicans have no Presidential nominee on the horizon who won't exacerbate the problems.