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 All of the jackasses running their mouth about #capitalism when they don't know what it is are making me about to give up on social media and the whole human project. 

If you think "capitalism" is the root of all evil you don't understand what capitalism is. 

Am I defending capitalism? No. No, I'm not. What I'm saying is you're 

A) using a term so broad it's confusing the real issues
B) you're at best identifying a symptom and saying it's the root of the problem. It is not the root.