>> When I look at stats for things like wage disparities, and the amount of money poured into marketing (demand generation), and the amount of frivolous product

>> When I look at stats for things like wage disparities, and the amount of money poured into marketing (demand generation), and the amount of frivolous products that the capitalist economy produces because it must by its nature constantly expand production, I quite honestly don't see efficiency and I certainly don't see reason. Have you considered its alternatives are not much better, if at all?