> but capitalism has done more to lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty over the past 50 years than any other religion, aid programme or whatever else.
Technology did what you ascribe to Capitalism. Most of the time thanks to state intervention, and the weaker the state, the weaker the growth (see how Asia overperformed everybody else now that laissez-faire policies are mainstream in the West).
> Talk to anyone who grew up in a Communist country in the 2nd half of the 20th century if you want to validate that sentiment.
The fact that one alternative to Capitalism was a failure doesn't mean Capitalism isn't bad.