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[–]Humpty 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Sure it has. And ever since then we've been regulating it with laws, because it doesn't work otherwise.

[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Capitalism works. It just has some problems because people are flawed. We just need to keep trying. One of these times will we'll get it right and we just have to succeed once.

[–]King_Brutus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Every system will fail because people are flawed and selfish, no matter what.

[–]Chipit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah, but a system that takes advantage of people naturally favoring themselves? That's why we have the fantastic society we have today, the best one to ever exist in the history of mankind.