Black America must understand that power is not determined by what office a Black person holds or for what political party the people vote for; where a person may live, what school a person graduates from, nor what occupation a person is skilled at. Power lies in who controls the major means of production in an economically powered society such as America.

Looking at American society today, the power is in the money and there is a strong conservative/capitalist overtone on the control of production. This structure is reflective of the popular socialist theory that suggests those in power and who control the means of production consist of the rich who through the structure economically exploit the poor.

Capitalism, from a more traditional view of society and born from the Industrial Revolution, is believed to be the most productive economic system in history, implying capitalism, as opposed to socialism, is best for any society. It proclaims that the individual providing goods and or services to the public would empower the people by way of freedom of the human spirit.

Examining both theories, one must realize that between the two, it is the most financially robust organization or group of people who hold the most power over society and the people. Today, in America, control of the means of production is not powered by individuals fulfilling human will, but determined by monopolies and what groups or institutions who controls that which is most useful to society, such as land, the credit system, banking and loans, the selected skills needed for production (i.e., educational institutions), and certain industries; industries strong in outsourcing and exporting of goods and services.

Those who have monopolies over most of these things are the ones who control the means of production and who set the class and living standards in society. There are never-ending mergers and corporate takeovers in the business world, continued outsourcing overseas, downsizing, and privatization.

None of these are done by powers of "the people," but of incorporated capitalist individuals in business to make money, not fulfill human spirit. The companies and individual capitalist who have stock in such companies are those who are most likely to have power and who have bargaining capacity with political policy makers to benefit them and their industry the most.

Thus, the political atmosphere of America is not really based on what the people want or need, but in how to benefit organizations, businesses, and stock-holding individuals that are skilled in furthering the economic structure of America.

Because the country is based on a capitalist foundation, both the Democrat and Republican parties have an interest in strengthening the economic structure of the country. Do not be fooled, the Democrats are not for the betterment of the poor, but are best at exploiting the poor through use of political legislation that would first further the agenda of the country and second the Democrat's own agenda.

Democrats front of fighting for the poor in an attempt to dampen the image of the Republicans. Consequently, the Republicans pronounce a tough love campaign for the poor as in bootstrap individualism while furthering their own agenda, which is to create a strong consumer market that will benefit the laissez fare capitalist.

The people, however, are not actually benefiting from the economic power structure of America, but are the ones fueling the economy. If it were not for the people (workers) as consumers, who purchase the goods on the market, the system could not function properly. Therefore, the job market must remain at a steady level of operation and maintained by a certain occupational skill level, which in turned, keep the higher learning institutions in business.

The problem is, not only is the economy and political system operated for the sole purpose of maintaining a capitalist system thereby maintaining a certain power structure, but the so-called opportunities proclaimed from beneath the theory of American Democracy are tailored for a certain class of people pre-determined for control of the future system.

In other words, there are a select few that control the means of production and power in America and that power structure will remain as long as capitalism is the driving force. And as long as capitalism being the best economic structure for a society remains a strong argument, there will never be any relief or real power for those who are born as workers into the politics of the American capitalist power structure.