Quote Originally Posted by allrollsin21
This "Fact" is completely subjective. For some having the creature comforts, so called 'basic sanitation', capitalist goods and services, is an improvement. Not for all. There are people who grow there own foods, make their own clothes, shit in the woods, and drink water from the streams. All the while smiling as much if not more than Joe the robot watching the television.
Happiness does not equate to standard of living.

And there are villagers the world over attempting to embrace capitalism only to have factories pull out of their towns, leaving them with televisions they cannot afford to plug into a wall.
The societies you site as example have not truly embraced capitalism. Care to give some specific examples?