If economic prosperity requires humanity to trade it's future away then the economics simply don't work. The economy should serve us, and the direction we choos

If economic prosperity requires humanity to trade it's future away then the economics simply don't work. The economy should serve us, and the direction we choose to go, not the other way around. Yes, I realize I'm arguing against capitalism in some sense and no, that does not imply I'm a communist. I'm just pointing out a fundamental flaw, but I don't have an alternative.