Did the unions cause the steel plants to close or government mandate and out sourcing to China? Also it's kind of stretch to say we (USA) live in a capitalist society. Between globalist politicians , unbridled immigration from 3rd world countries, hln1 visa's (or whatever they're called) government subsidies, government mandates, government welfare system etc.maybe all that's still capitalism, but I don't think it can be called free market capitalism.