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Sorry Uberman-you are mistaken. Capitalism is not based on greed, but rather based on the idea that the fruit of a man's labor belong to that man to decide how to use. It simplifies the barter system, by standardizing the trade mechanism into a form of "capital" (hence the term). With capitalism, if I grow a better crop, I get to keep that crop and trade it for capital, which I can then use to purchase things I need. Rather than have to trade my wheat for chickens I don't need, to trade those for the iron I do need. Under socialism or communism, individuals do not own/control the fruit of their labor, but rather the community or the Government does. Not a very good thing. Perversion of anything is bad...but don't blame the mechanism for the faults of humans.
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