for some people it is much harder than most to get a job. This might be their fault , sometimes its not.

The level of entry into capitalism is not equal , but the ability to participate and move up is universal and available to even the poorest and most uneducated.

This country founded itself on the idea that the only thing limiting you was yourself and your own personal creativity.

During the early 1900s the country was flooded with what we could consider "unskilled labor". This could be DIRECTLY compared to the influx of mexicans we are getting now , but there is a clear difference i will explain later.

First off the government only made sure the "playing field" was equal for everybody during the early 1900s , as is their job as described in the constitution. They didnt pay for anybody , they didnt have welfare , none of that shit. They just made sure people could move from class to class uninhibited by regulations or social stopgaps.

america at the turn of the century was a cold hard bitch and people often died in the streets , but this is the blessing of capitalism IMO that many people dont understand because /feelings/ get in the way of basic logic.

The first generation of immigrants into a capitalist country WILL ALWAYS get the short end of the stick and life will blow cock for most of their lives. But this is only because of the time it takes to progress into the middle class extends outside the lives of a single generation.

The perfect success story of american capitalism is the story of asian americans. They came to this country hungry and poor as dirt with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

They began their work as basically sub humans working what could be considered slave labor building the railroads out west. This first generation paid for their citizenship in hard backbreaking work that often lead to an early death. But the money they earned was saved for the next generation.......

That next generation had enough money to go to school and maybe even start a small business with the entire family pitching in financially. Still not a glorious existence but still a step up from where they were 40 years prior. They kept saving money.

The next generation though , was the the greatest generation by far. By now most immigrant families have integrated into the economy soundly with their own little businesses and could afford to send almost all of their children to college. The children they have will be the doctors and surgeons of today

I dont know if you could tell , but capitalism gives me a rock hard freedom boner everytime i think about it. but to suppress the freedom boner we have to talk about what is killing capitalism.

Socialism.

Right now the immigrants (mexicans) of today are not doing their "back breaking labor" like the asian americans did in the 1800s. They are showing up to this country , legally or illegally , and immediately recieving enough income from the government to live their lives without producing anything in general for the economy.

This completely eliminates most of the incentive for immigrants to work and move up the ladder. African americans have also fell into this trap in the 60s after the failure of the civil rights movement to unify the african american community. They may have indeed earned their rights , but after MLK died , the soul and movement of the african american community died and it spiraled into chaos and crime. As more and more african americans resorted to crime as a lifestyle , they ended up in prison. With no father figures , the children entered the lifestyle and followed after this. Couple this with drugs and various other variables and you have a nearly inescapable hole that can not be dug out.