Quote Originally Posted by Nylo
In my opinion, that's the only way one should strive to make money. Capitalism allows you to follow your heart and do the best you can while doing it.

You don't have to become a souless, greedy zombie. You can start your own business selling bird-houses. Sell your paintings. Be a rockstar. An astounding novelist.

When one thinks of capitalism they think of big greedy corporations, but that's only part of the picture. It's an ideology that says I'm going to follow my heart and my dreams as far as they'll take me. Some quantify that drive in dollars, others in how good it feels to create something and make profit off of what you've given to the world.
That is only the tip of the iceberg of capitalism.

We do not live in a truly capitalistic society. If we did, all roads would've be owned and maintained by private corporations, so would the military, so would every bit of infrastructure, because government intrusion would be limited. The government's only role would be to set up laws, and enforcement could be relied on a private company.

Capitalism can go too far. It's hardly about "selling your paintings" that can be done in any society. It's the restriction of what the government regulates.