No, definitely not in the sense that you are implying. Capital and society are often at odds with each other, with the logics of capitalism actively harming and undermining society.
Under our current crony capitalism, much less yes. When we had more laissez faire capitalism absolutely.
The predominant focus on increasing productivity over human needs and alternative values inflicts psychological and physical harm on people.
As to say socialism and communism actually wiping out half a billion people and counting.
Increasing and capability of producing more is because people are more prosperous than ever before because they have better lives than ever before, so no.
It has contributed to the massive increase in mental health challenges that the world is seeing.
No it hasn’t! That’s society decline because morality and life hold less value.
A lot of unneeded suffering because of it.
Weak leaders, weak people being raised has caused unneeded suffering.
The suicide of the nurse in this thread is but one of the latest examples.
That’s socialism and the lack of society caring for the individual and encouraging this behavior.
Capitalism has inflicted those harms from the get go.
Capitalism has created a means to give people of all status a better life and has succeeded.
As it can be more profitable in the short term for capitalists to neglect these consequences if it doesn't impact them directly enough.
Having a stagnant people with no hopes and dreams to do no better then your neighbor is the consequences.
The state has been involved with capitalism right from the beginning.
If you’re talking about America, thank god! Yes they promoted capitalism but didn’t try to influence capitalism for political gains as it should be.
Without a state capitalism would not have spread across the world like it did.
Without today’s government involvement in controlling capitalism more poor nations would be enjoying the benefits of capitalism.
Although once it established itself as the world system states, and later governments, became subservient to capitalist logics and dictates.
What people want, yes better health care, better housing, something for their children, basically a better life by all measures.
That has never been the case and under capitalism it is not possible for that to ever be the case.
What?
Capitalism is what led to the creation of the third world
No socialism and dictatorships did that.
as wealthy states enriched and developed themselves through the exploitation and marginalization of the rest of the world.
Under dictatorships and socialism not Democratic countries that were not corrupt. Capitalism is only as good as the people in control of those governments.
The anxiety that comes from the need for people to always be productive,
Common human nature, people are healthier physically and mentally when they have a purpose in life as we see now with lost souls with no purpose in life but have mental issues.
which renders people who are unable to reach these standards as being without value.
Under socialism and communism, absolutely.
She chose to take her own life because she wasn't able to accept going into a state of existence where she wasn't productive by capitalist reasoning.
She did it because socialism pushes the agenda you have no value when you get old, capitalism does the opposite.
Nowhere near the degree that it is under capitalism.
Better life, let alone live longer under capitalism.
Other forms of society had alternative means and ways of valuing life and society.
And they sucked the further away they were from democracy and capitalism
They weren't as exclusively focused on profitability and capital.
Right, they didn’t give two shits about the individual
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