" Your politicians whom you have faith in are corrupted by the financing they get from their cronies for their political careers. They spend more time campaigning for their positions than they do trying to fix things. To think that such a system works for you and not the corporations you are railing against is lunacy to me."

That's really up to us, is it not? This election cycle, democrats had the opportunity to vote for someone who was committed to ending the influence of money in politics, but instead sufficient numbers voted for a candidate who takes money from Wall Street. The Republicans, for their part, nominated someone who announced that he had bribed every candidate on the stage. This is who Americans CHOSE for nomination to the Presidency, so its no surprise that the system will continue.
Other nations are different. Ireland has jailed 3 bankers this week, largely because after the banking collapse there, the historically largest party was thrown out in a complete rout. From 45% down to about 15% I think. The politicians were put on notice by the people.

Voting is a tool, but it has to be used to work. Americans just seem not to bother. But that is their choice. Because Americans think that they have no voice, they dont use it. But you do and you can use it and if you do, things will change. Billionaires have a tiny fraction of the votes. When the 90% get fed up of the system that feeds the rich at their expense, they can change it by voting for others - and indeed, by standing for office themselves. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, there are people there who want to reform the system. You just have to choose them and throw out the crooks. Anyone who refuses to overturn Citizens United is a great first candidate to throw out.

I never said that democracy automatically fixes things - like any tool, it has actually to be used, and used wisely.

But the "free market" is nothing less than a system that funnels wealth from everyone to those who have existing wealth. It is a wealth-concentration system, nothing more. When you have enough cash, you buy the means of production so that others slave for you. Its quite simple. It is the freedom to exploit the weak with impunity.