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by WalterBright 2435 days ago
> The faith part comes from interpreting the economic results of capitalism

Interpreting results comes from evidence, not faith. One constructs a theory based on evidence. One tests the theory by seeing if future evidence behaves like the theory suggests.

Religion isn't like that, it does not predict things in a way that is testable. Creationism, for example, makes zero predictions and so is not at all testable, making it a faith, not science.

> Do you accept it as a useful economic system given all the problems you see with it?

Yes. Without question. Look around you - all the goodies you have were created by capitalism.

> Are you willing to entertain the possibility of alternatives? If not, why?

All the alternatives proposed have a historical record of being worse, often far worse.

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The weren't created by capitalism, these things we have were often created by workers--who are often exploited under capitalism, because like the review states, because capitalism is value the wrong things like profits and abundance over societal well-being. Profits are just easier to measure even if they're not a useful measure of good.
In the US, you and other exploited workers are free to quit your jobs and start your own workers' cooperatives and produce whatever you like and share the results.