Watching nerds puzzle through basic economics theory from first principles - ignoring massive bits of the picture that they have no idea about - over and over a

Watching nerds puzzle through basic economics theory from first principles - ignoring massive bits of the picture that they have no idea about - over and over again, to try to justify the excesses of consumer corporate late-stage capitalism through profoundly simplistic and naive arguments that fall apart upon any exposure to the daylight of reality, is so tedious that I can't imagine actually going through and rebutting every point. It's like trying to explain how database indexing works to a goatherder. It's not even worth it as an exercise in convincing anybody else of anything, because you either understand the practical (much less moral and ethical) problems inherent in modern capitalism, or you're probably not terribly bright to begin with, and it's a waste of effort trying to make you understand. It's much more fun just to point at you and laugh, especially because we're all so trained to regard capitalists and their bootlickers as intelligent that the look of confusion and outrage on their faces when you tell them to go sit at the kiddie table because the grownups are talking is worth its weight in gold.