Sorry if I wasn't clear. Of course this wasn't any kind of leftist "plot," or even a Democratic political plot.

However, the left is certainly going to take whatever advantage it can of this opportunity to try and stick a big rusty knife into the philosophy of capitalism.

In the same way the Democrats are going to take advantage of the situation, hoping that the mess will keep the economy iffy until November.

I will, however, go on the record as laying a lot of this pragmatic crookedness at the feet of the amorality, moral relativism, and situational ethics ("If it feels good, do it") that was popularized in the '60s.

Like the article you posted pointed out, and as Ayn Rand has often written, capitalism is an outshoot of a strong moral code--a consequence of that code, not a cause--and does not stand well by itself.