Capitalism CANNOT WORK within a Godless society. It only works with personal responsibility. When money becomes God,and the acquisition of it the only meaning of life, which it has, the ends justify the means. And here we are.
Nothing works in a godless society, Hildy. However, the founding fathers recognized something that many "values voters" (aka Christians, mostly) of today do not. Men are corrupt, and that means "good men," too. That means "Christian men." That means "godly leaders." THEREFORE, WE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REFORM SOCIETY BY REPLACING LEADERSHIP. We reform society by denying them power. This is where Christians have been so phenomenally dispappointing to me in the past few elections. They have lined up behind big government fascists (no other word I can find for it) who would throw them a bone or two about "values" or quote a bible verse here or there, and refuse to demand that they devolve power back to the states and people. What is worse, they argue for further SEIZURE of power not enumerated to them in the constitution on the grounds that someone must "protect" us.
The centralization of political power is on parallel with the centralization of financial power. Both lead to further and further corruption. It is a situation endemic to men of all types, yet Christians run around like they never heard of Romans 1-3. The godless infidels like Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin and Ethan Allen were more "Christian" in their understanding of human nature than todays evangelicals.