Lots of Americans seem to be saying that the Democratic mid-term victories are just the start of the massive effort needed to overcome the far right. My question is: do they understand that this requires not just political changes, but changing the economic conditions that facilitate the far right - the extreme, unregulated form of capitalism that enables the emergence of oligarchy ? Copying the sorts of public protections common in Europe - universal free healthcare, free higher education, limits on corporate 'donations' to politicians, more progressive taxation, etc - will not be enough. You actually have to dismantle (or nationalise) the near-monopolies, enforce social and environmental responsibility on big business, expose the myth of 'the American Dream'. Government actions that mitigate the worst effects of capitalism will not be enough: you have to change big, powerful corporations on the inside too.