more on the capitalism thing

and beyond the income equality thing, what if it was illegal to advertise stuff? in that same way that cigarettes do harm and so we're free from the pressures of advertised smoking (except in movies, but that's a separate matter), what if all kinds of useless shit was banned? in essence, what if skymall was banned?

writing this reminds me of bell hooks' writing on feminism because i think im describing radical reforms, sorts of things that would make for radical change if they were enacted, but could never be enacted under the current system; that i'd need to make a more courageous departure from capitalism to hope for real change. i hope that isn't true, i like this idea. id love for legislation to be passed equalizing incomes. id love taxes that redistribute, i think, and why can't we (someone?) go out and campaign for that? retake the word socialism with panache and intelligence? is this really impossible?