The manner in which of capitalism has sometimes been described may apply to democracy as well. Yes, capitalism is a ruthless, cruel economic system. But it’s the best we’ve got.
Capitalism per se is not ruthless and cruel, and to claim it is implies that other systems are neither cruel nor ruthless (which they are).
State capital is indeed cruel and utterly ruthless, and this is the system that Marx championed. It’s in the Communist Manifesto.
Capitalism is the only Free system-—Free Market Capitalism.
But NOTHING is “Good” and ‘works”, even Capitalism, if the “civil” society is NOT Virtuous.
That is the key-—”Without Virtue, you can not have a Free Republic”. (Socrates)
The only purpose of education is to promote Virtue (Socrates).
Cultural Marxists in the 30’s (Gramsci/Adorno/Lukacs, etc) stated that the way to collapse Western Civilization is to destroy Virtue. How do you do that? You corrupt the children (get ahold of ‘education”) and you destroy Virtue in children. (Sex Ed is the easiest way to remove Virtue from children. Lukacs used Sex Ed to collapse Hungary in one generation).
The Cultural Marxists knew the way to destroy Viture: destroy the Natural Family and Christianity-—the two pillars essential for Western Civilization by corrupting Art. Toxic Art destroys morality in children who are vulnerable to ideas/group think.
All the Founders knew that we needed a “religious” people to make the Republic work. Montesquieu stated that Republics always need to promote Virtue. (Justice is the Queen of Virtues-—and our children are taught to take “Pride” in Vice now-—even in Kindergarten. Our Justice System promotes Vice/sodomy now.
Even Machiavelli stated that it was essential to promote Virtue in militaries especially and now Vice is promoted and Christianity is being eliminated.
Christianity is the antithesis of Marxism/Communism because it is about Individual Rights-—never collective “Rights”. Marxists have to destroy that concept in children-—condition them into “group thinkers”/dependent thinkers who accept anything they are told—which our Prussian style schools condition them into. Children today “feel” things are evil/good-—they are ignorant about philosophy/theology/history. Emotions are the Marxist tool—they eliminate Reason and Logic/Responsibility in children-—keep them infantilized/slaves.