Capitalist ManifestoAn overarching message of Capitalist Manifesto is WE WERE WARNED In 1965, Robert Kiyosaki left Hilo, Hawaii and reported to the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. At the academy, Robert's economics teacher encouraged the class to read Marx's Communist Manifesto, Hitler's Mein Kampf, and Mao's Little Red Book. In 1972, Robert was a US Marine Corp pilot, flying in Vietnam, witnessing lessons learned about communism at the academy