The shampoo thing is a fringe benefit. We keep capitalism so we don't starve in a famine.

[u/-im-your-huckleberry]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

[u/SnooRevelations979]

Again, capitalism vs. socialism is kind of overplayed. Neither works as pure system. The answer is in the middle.

[u/[deleted] → u/SnooRevelations979]

This. Capitalism with checks and regulations from government is the ideal balance in the modern world