> Fear is everywhere nowadays, it seems to power capitalism or at least is encouraged by it. To the contrary, fear powers the State. > I suspect the reason is

> Fear is everywhere nowadays, it seems to power capitalism or at least is encouraged by it. To the contrary, fear powers the State. > I suspect the reason is that actual capitalism (as opposed to the ideal construct) is more based on Social Darwinism and capital accumulation than on trading for the mutual benefit of all market participants. Depends on what you mean by capitalism. Capital accumulation is useless in a market economy if you don't re-invest it (which is a mutually beneficial trade in itself).