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Just to throw some anecdotal experience into the mix, when I was younger I lived along side a small tribe in the Bolivian jungle. #csb
They lived a perfectly happy high quality life - far above the average person elsewhere in the country. They benefited from some elements of trade/capitalism - bullets, petrol for chainsaws, batteries, but those really were incidental.
The biggest impact for them had been the granting of land rights - effectively giving them the right to reside on the land they had always occupied.
Obviously that lifestyle is only possible for a few. But it's ignorant to think only capitalism can deliver high quality lifestyles.
You should read some of Yuval Noah Harari's books to get a better understanding of how human societies have developed.