You can't blame capitalists for wanting to maximize profits anymore than you can blame tigers for not being vegetarians. You can't blame the government for not keeping the tigers in their cages because the 99% elect the government. You can't blame the 99% for hiring bad zookeepers because the 99% are mostly concerned with everything except politics, unless there's a crises. You can't even blame them for not caring because that's not what people do. People look after their family and friends, try to make as much money as they can, and go bowling on Tuesday nights. If they don't, then they're busy trying to secure their next meal and rent check. Capitalism doesn't work, but neither does any other system. Boom, Bubble, and Bust are axiomatic to Capitalism, much the same way tight uniformity or poverty is axiomatic to Socialism, and totalitarianism is to a truly planned economy. Unless you expect EVERYONE on Earth to give a damn about everyone else, no system can work, and never will. Start morality in your homes, and then maybe over a billion years we'll achieve some sort of parity.
As an aside, the standard of living for even the poorest is higher now than at any point in human history, and this is the only point in human history that the poor actually have a voice. We may not be perfect, but we're a damn sight closer than we ever have been before.
I am not cheerful tonight
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