subterranean-fire:

Some facts about capitalism:

• Artificial scarcity drives profits up
• It is not profitable for everyone to live comfortably
• The system demands unceasing growth and resource extraction for its own survival, in turn putting the survival of humanity and ecosystems in peril
• The growth that arises from capital accumulation makes a select few obscenely wealthy, while most of the world lives in poverty 
• It can be transcended