[chrisweekly]

"Smart people have economic opportunities that align them away from being evil"

For some definition of evil, some of the time, ok. But as economic opportunities compound (looking at the behavior of the ultra-rich), it seems there's at least strong correlation in the other direction, if not full-on "root of all evil" causation.

[rogerrogerr]

Sure, but that’s not “slaughter a stadium of people with drones” evil or “poison the water supply” evil or “take out unprotected electrical substations” evil.

So much infrastructure is very soft because the evil people aren’t smart enough to conceive of or conduct an attack.

[fwip]

I think you might find that, if you reconsider who the 'evil' people are, you might find that we're already doing that sort of thing.

[Jensson]

Its not capitalists doing that though, its politicians, and politicians in non capitalist countries tend to be more evil.

[fwip]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there aren't any non-capitalist countries currently waging war on others.

[ben_w]

Capitalism is a continuum, not a binary, hence occasional discussion "China is communist!" "No, it is state-capitalism!"

Is Russia currently capitalist, or non-capitalist? Which is Myanmar?

Anyway, personally I think it's the wrong axis; while capitalism and democracy and free press are often correlated, I think that the latter two are the important ones for actually choosing the lesser evils, though capitalism does generate more options to choose between.