Capitalism doesn’t work for social good

To the editor: Capitalism may work well for generating or competing to have wealth, but it’s obtusely dysfunctional when it comes to sustaining and perpetuating humanity. The profit incentive works, if not unfair, for resource distribution when the resources available for extraction and the waste recombination seem unlimited. The enlightenment of global warming, however, has revealed this not to be the case. We can no longer waste our Mother’s gifts, and waste our own health in the process (or, more importantly, waste our children’s capacity to engage in this journey). Ultimately, health care and education are two necessities wherein capitalism and humanity do not mingle.