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Capitalism and government have always been works in progress. It's useless to categorically praise one and condemn the other without acknowledging that they both have strengths and weaknesses. It's pretty clear that completely unrestrained capitalism is neither the cackling villain nor the golden hand of prosperity many people see in it, and likewise government isn't by definition tyranny either. We just haven't found the right combination yet.
I was with you until "unrestrained capitalism is neither a cackling villain...".
Unrestrained anything tends to become a cackling villain.
We probably outlived the neanderthals primarily because of our capacity for advanced social order through rules.
None of us individually care for rules, but rules are our secret to success.
We need to rediscover our passion for nuance and tuning and obeying our rules.
Capitalism is fairly well understood, as is its excesses. If we use it for the good of society we all benefit. However if we use it for the good of only a few or if we let it use us, we end up in the current dystopia