Most calls for communism or other kinds of socialism in the US are owed to discontentment with the observation that the free market has been commandeered for the private interests of the select few. However, if we were to adopt communism, the same thing would happen to the means of distribution very shortly. Therefore, perhaps the solution to economic inequality and corruption is to periodically switch economic systems, the way people switch passwords. That way, corporate and government entities alike will have no time to work out ways to abuse the system before it abruptly swaps out on them. amirite?

I'm not sure what the solution to the problem is, but here are some disturbing thoughts about income inequality:

"A truly bizarre trend is having an impact on the economy: Wealthy people and corporations have so much money they literally don't know what to do with it, Axios Markets editor Dion Rabouin writes.

Wait! What? At a time when growing income inequality is fueling voter discontent and underpinning an array of social movements, the top 1% of earners and big companies are holding record levels of unused cash.
The big picture: U.S. companies raked in a record $2.3 trillion in corporate profits last year, while the country's total wealth increased by $6 trillion to $98.2 trillion (40% of which went to those with wealth over $100,000)."

Where is the money going? Read on:

https://mail.yahoo.com/neo/b/me...;blockimages=0

Nope.
Everybody would know the change was coming, and prepare for it.

Interesting thought, but anything that can be corrupted will be corrupted.