[dragonwriter]

> why aren’t more workers “happy capitalists”

Uh, because capitalists are literally a different class within capitalist society than workers; from top to bottom:

capitalists (haut bourgeoisie)

middle class (petit bourgeoisie)

workers (proleteriat)

underclass (lumpenproletariat)

You might as well ask, of feudal society, why more serfs aren’t “happy aristocrats”.

Capitalism is the best system possible…for people who are both (1) part of the capitalist class, (2) concerned primarily with their own relative position within society.