I’d say capitalism’s worst excess is in the large number of crooks and tinhorns who get too much of the action.
Capitalism - Capitalists Quotes
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.
The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.
Capitalism is founded on greed and envy.
History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom.
It has often been found that profuse expenditures, heavy taxation, absurd commercial restrictions, corrupt tribunals, disastrous wars, sedition’s, persecutions, conflagrations, inundation, have not been able to destroy capital so fast as the exertions of private citizens have been able to create it.