Capitalism takes a long time to work. Regulation can make it work faster or slower, depending on how you do :) Pure capitalism works very very slowly, it takes

Capitalism takes a long time to work. Regulation can make it work faster or slower, depending on how you do :) Pure capitalism works very very slowly, it takes decades and lessons often have to be repeated. People can't account for every factor when they purchase a product. Being a conscious buyers is extremely hard work, a system that relies exclusively on that will take hundreds of years to make even modest progress. We don't have that long time.