Americans have been trained to believe in the virtues of capitalism, however, this economic system is misrepresented and deeply flawed. At first impulse, you may feel offended by this notion. If you bristle at this assertion, it is likely because you have been mislead about what capitalism is.

When most people say, "Capitalism," they really mean the free market. Capitalism as an economic system based upon the principle of private ownership is by far superior to any system based on socialism. But, it is inferior to the free market system, which is controlled by private individuals more than corporations.

In this century and the last, we have seen how corporations can be turned to evil ends; they have become the hidden hands of tyrannical regimes. Let us not forget that it was Karl Marx, the founder of modern communism, who coined the term "capitalism." It is a political system by which the elite classes in government are able to control private industry. This is how it was designed.

We see this in practice today. Capitalism has yielded the rotten fruit of the current system of enslavement we live under. It is a form of soft tyranny, in which the slave, born into into the erroneous belief that he is free, never thinks to question his freedom - or lack thereof.

As we descend into what may be the worst economic crisis in American history, how can the average person hope even for that small respite that might come with eventual "retirement," when pension funds, 401(k)s, and the very value of the monetary system has been robbed? Corporations, bodies without souls, have been tools for a few evil men to plunder the fruits of American labor.

Learn to Think Outside the Corporate Box

In the current state of economic affairs you cannot possibly work hard enough to stay ahead as a simple wage earner. In order not to fall victim, you must learn to put systems in place that allow you to derive income passively. Over time, you will begin working less and less.

By doing so, you will be engaging in the free market system, which is based on the creative money-making activities of individuals, rather than the manipulations of big corporations.

There has never been a greater opportunity to start your own business inexpensively and quickly than that presented by the internet today. By marketing though the internet, it is possible to set up an entire system of product delivery that doesn't even require employees.

Marketing yourself, your product or the products of others is a great way to create a system where you can earn without having to labor for each and every dollar you earn. It is a means of freeing yourself from the corporate system.

By striking out on your own, you become more in control of your own future. You break down the walls of corporate enslavement through capitalism and you give yourself a hedge against economic difficulties.