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What a thread. Why are you so bent on convincing everyone how great you believe capatalism is? I bet even you could come up with some downsides to it everyone else certainly could. Capatalism run within it's true spirit works, as does communism. Unfortunately neither have really ever occured although western governments have gotten closer than communists have been able.
Social degredation, exploitation, widening of have and havenots, pollution and environmental erosion, corruption, facism, war, imperialsim etc etc. all have been linked to your vaunted system. I know the others have had many of these also but don't try to hold up capatalism as some pantheon of success and virtue, it ain't.