Insider spoke with Ray Dalio, the founder of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates. Dalio said that capitalism, in its current state, is driving too much inequality and antagonism. He said the American dream needs to be reengineered and measured. One evening in early February, I logged into a Zoom meeting with Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, to discuss the future of capitalism. I knew he wasn't optimistic about it. He'd said as much before — like that America's jarring inequality is a 'national emergency' — and I'd written about it. Still, I wasn't prepared for what he was going to say this time.