[bilqis]

Well it’s capitalism. End goal of all actors in this economic system is not public good, it’s profit.

[swexbe]

Profit should be aligned with public good. That's where the system is currently failing majorly. Most people in all economic systems will strive for self-gain. The great thing about capitalism is that it realizes that this will always be the case and tries to co-opt this basic human desire into something good.

[papito]

If it was all just Capitalism, we'd still be working six-day weeks without health insurance alongside our kids. There has to be a trade-off between satisfying some people's hunger for profit and, well - civilization itself.

[shafyy]

Well. There's capitalism, and then there's whatever the fuck the US is doing.

[throwawaaarrgh]

Super duper capitalism?

Honestly we have a fair bit more regulation than we had in the past, and other capitalist nations don't have the problems we do. It's a lot more than just economic policy.

Mostly I think the problem is our death cult of individualism and exceptionalism. Half the country thinks everyone should either pull themselves up by their bootstraps or die.