[Porsche-O-Phile]

Capitalism is a brutal system in its honesty, but I defy anyone to come up with a better system.

If you're talented, have something to offer, invest in yourself, your training and your education, you have little to worry about in a capitalist system.

OTOH if you're a lazy, do-nothing with no ambition, no desire to work, no desire to contribute and/or no marketable skills (other than the ability to do grunt labor), you're in for a tough life - by your own choices.

Capitalism encourages people to be motivated, to push themselves and to be resourceful. I can think of few other systems that are so effective at doing that.

The most appealing thing about capitalism (for me) is that it tends to reward and punish according to what one puts into it. This is directly tied to the notions of "personal accountability" and "making something of onesself".

You can draw your own conclusions about the opinions those who are so quick to bash it might also have about these related notions.