Is this biased reporting?

[Chaerophon]

I don't have much time for the idea of 'institutionalized anarchy'. It doesn't even sound good in theory. You don't have to be a Hobbesian to suppose that, under such conditions, something will eventually go awry. Even if you don't believe that it is a general fact of 'human nature', it is inevitable that there will always be humans who take advantage of the opportunity to empower themselves. Why do you think that the excesses of capitalism are what they are?

Disempowering governments and 'returning to the earth' isn't going to make the Average Joe any better off at this stage of Western economic development. Once tribal society is broken, there is no going back - Polanyi was right. The task is to MANAGE capitalism, not destroy it; to put the market to use rather than allow so-called 'economic science' to dictate our moral direction. The failures of modern capitalism are many: capitalist interest does spawn war, it does subject peoples, it does lead to atrocities. However, this is not purely a result of inherent failures of the system; it is the result of a failure to control the system. Information control is the key. To my mind, democratic reform is the only possible answer.

As for this:

There are third world countries that have stronger labor unions than the U.S. - which, I think, is sad.

I agree.