It's alarming the widespread misunderstanding in this country of what "capitalism" even is. It's a word that was coined by Karl Marx and turned largely into a bad word synonymous with exploitation and evil big corporations, banks, and so forth. If you want to believe that, knock yourself out.
The fact of the matter is, is that capitalism (generally free markets) is the difference between the advanced society we enjoy and living in caves. Can't you see throughout first world countries today we are far richer than any time in human history. Few people go hungry, we all have luxuries that people could only have dreamed about. Nice homes, every appliance you need, cars, electronics for every need. Perfect utopia? No, that cannot exist. But open your eyes, we have it damn good.
Capitalism is simply a system driven by supply, demand, incentives, trade, innovations, etc. One person creates something or supplies a service, another person pays an agreed upon price. Someone wants to charge too much, competition eats them up. What better system is that?
