Capitalism is the only system that seems to work at all under the realization that society itself will never have a moral compass. Outside of small communes, a

Capitalism is the only system that seems to work at all under the realization that society itself will never have a moral compass. Outside of small communes, any society that heavily relies on trust doesn't work. That's not to say that capitalism works well, or that we can't reign in some stuff (public works, monopoly regulation, etc). But a capitalistic base is the only system we've figured out that works at all.