CAPITALISM

Capitalism and freedom are kissing cousins. Man is born free but he, like all animals, has natural instincts and reflexes that help insure his survival.  These tend to control his behavior and are difficult to modify or eliminate.This influence and control makes him, in a sense, less "free".

For an individual running free in the wild, most of these instincts work well.   In a society of people, some could be harmful. If the power of some of these could be harnessed in a way that would produce a good end, everyone would benefit.

Probably one of the strongest instincts is that  of "self interest".  This drives us to do whatever is good for us at any cost.  Rather than trying to ablate this selfish motivator, capitalism uses it to help others.  The people who are the most selfish discover they can have more with the help of others.  But others won't help them unless they too are rewarded.  In modern terms, this is called a job.

It is true there is potential for abuse in this as in any other human activity.  As these abuses are discovered they are dealt with and corrected. Controls also contain the danger of abuse by restraining the job creators in such a way that it no longer serves their selfish interests.  In modern terms, this is called unemployment.

Moderate, controlled greed on both sides of any job (creator and performer) is actually a good use of an otherwise harmful instinct.