Reply #26: Perhaps it's a matter of how one defines various terms.

[Make7]

Most capitalist would argue that systems where the government has a large role in economic matters, such as fascism or the administration of colonies under colonialism, are not really capitalist systems. Just as many communists will argue that the Soviet Union is not a true example of communism. I think the underlying thread that ties most of the abusive examples of various socio-economic systems together is the inequality of the political system. Whenever a handful of people have overwhelming control over the direction of governments and economies, the consequences tend to lead to very similar outcomes.

It wouldn't be difficult to find examples analogous to the abuses to the common welfare in systems other than capitalism when the underlying balance of power of the system is vastly tilted to the side of the wealthy and/or powerful. Limiting the examples of abuses to capitalism in the opening post might imply that the problem is less complicated than in reality it is. If the problem was simply capitalism, why have the same issues occurred in non-capitalist societies?