Thanks!
Tell me about it. He probably had a nurturing mother and I'm not saying that is a bad thing, but it might explain why he wants everything to be provided for everyone. My point is that socialism does the exact opposite of this - I wish TA would judge a system based on its results rather than its intentions.
Well... this is a problem with a lot of more liberal minded people... What is practical, and what is Ideal, are hardly in agreement with each other, yet this seems to be beyond many peoples grasp.
I have no problem with saying that Capitalism works, because clearly it does. I do have a problem with romanticising it however. It works because it rewards us on playing up our flaws, or perhaps to put it differently, it allows some of the more negative aspects of the human condition, to reach their logical conclusion.
If anything I would take a more Machiavellian stance towards things. Being pragmatic and practically minded, (which in the case of this topic would be in favor of Capitalism), is what is necessary, despite it not being "the way it would be ideally."