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There has been recently, in a supposed reactionary backlash to Obama's perceived shortcomings, and the economic disparity/problems, a large wave of support for "conservative libertarian" ideology in the United States. I view this as dangerous to a disparaged lower/middle class. People are beginning to view economic problems as an effect of government. The unfortunate reality is that unfettered capitalism has allowed corporations to achieve unprecedented power. The most effective way to combat this is stringent government regulation of business. Those who succumb to the current libertarian ideology actually push for less government intervention; they ascribe to tired, unproven free-market doctrine. Consequently, they are giving corporate leaders the means to dig the graves of the middle and working classes.