Suppose, as a thought experiment, someone invented a machine that could construct replicas of any object out of thin air -- so that grain, for example, could be "copied" at essentially no cost. Would it solve Third World famines for good, or would it be sued out of existence by the Farming Industry Association of America? If the latter, would you be rooting for the farmers to win?
What an excellent question! My only answer at this point is to say that I think capitalism is problematic at its core, especially pure-capitalism (as would seem to be implied in your question). However, in the U.S. our capitalism is not "pure" (there are certainly exceptions for the sake of mercy). Even our version of capitalism is problematic, however, so I must say that when I speak of right and wrong, I must be doing so in context of our society. Because the truth is that I think that pure communism is probably a much more "moral" system of economics that capitalism. Unfortunatly it also doesn't work as long as humans are greedy and self serving.
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Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; they did it by killing all those who opposed them.