I can't remember who I'm responding to but it's something about capitalism giving us everything good in our lives. I agree it is responsible for most of the good. But it's also responsible for all of the bad. You seen to think turning humans into consumers of crap is a good thing. Look at the bullshit most people spend their money on. We've allows money to be the ultimate goal in itself rather than being a means to obtaining that goal. This is part of the problem. Money is so important to everyone. I mean we allow advertising companies to target children for fucks sake.

If the whole system is designed by those with wealth to maintain their wealth why on earth would you assume this would lead to optimal asset allocation for the rest of society? Or anything optimal for the rest of society? Big business is at odds with what's widely considered best for society on general but gets away with it through the vast power given to them by our entire legal / media / political system. They buy the smartest people they can find and pay them to convince the masses that they want something which they don't. They pay for the finest lawyers they can find to allow them to navigate the legal system and let them get away with questionable practices. They get the best minds they can to petition the government to change the legal system to suit their needs and not the needs of greater society. I could go on. All of these are by-products of capitalism that are quite simply abhorrent.

This is the point I was referring to above about questionable practices. This is a design flaw in the current system. All the cheap material crap in the world won't change my views on this although I'm sure it will distract me for a while.