Today is not proof capitalism works. Today is proof that some people (a small percent) of the world can have a decent enough life when hundreds of years of opposition can wear down just a few parts of the capitalist apparatus.
No welfare state? No NHS? No free, mandatory state education? That would be proper capitalism. Survival of the fittest.
To add to EEI, snotter etc : -
Today is not proof capitalism works. Today is proof that some people (a small percent) of the world can have a decent enough life when hundreds of years of opposition can wear down just a few parts of the capitalist apparatus.
No welfare state? No NHS? No free, mandatory state education? That would be proper capitalism. Survival of the fittest.