Capitalism bad?

I just read yet another article on corruption within the corporate world. This one in the New York Times titled "The Spreading Scourge of Corporate Corruption" (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/business/economy/the-spreading-scourge-of-corporate-corruption.html?hp)

The core of the problem here is that cheating has become culturally acceptable. It's only when you are caught is it considered reprehensible.

Let me clarify this: people feel it's ok to cheat, but it's not ok to be caught cheating.

Because capitalism has replaced democracy as the form of government in our country, the distorted tenets of modern capitalism have subsequently replaced what moral compass came along with our democracy.

Capitalism itself is not a bad thing, in fact it's an important driving force to the unique freedoms we all cherish in The U.S. But it's when people start to see the drive for ever greater profits as the ONLY definer of success that we have serious problems to our overall way of life.

Confrontationally attacking capitalist greed will not get us anywhere. Instead, we need to redefine the ideals of "success" to include personal and social responsibility as well as true, uncompromisable morals.

Then sit back and let the pigs eat from THAT trough.