You've just nailed why our bastard government, Capitalism, is not suited for establishing and pursuing a vision for a great nation: its principles are amoral, which makes it unfit to be anything other than an economic model...accordingly it can exist in any form of government. I agree with you that to peacefully coexist with a government based on the public commonweal capitalism needs vigilant monitoring...since Reagan's contemptuous statement against "the government" our vigilance has been increasingly taking catnaps at the Pinkerton video monitoring system. As for Gates, he is emblemmatic of corporatism. I feel that he is aware he is expected to give up some of his riches, but at the same time you know he's enjoying the tax-deductible and leveraging benefits of doing so.