Could be a point of view thing. People from the islands are from a part of the world where capitalism (based outside the islands) was given free reign. This resulted in an excellent example of the wonderful [sarcasm] things that capitalism can do for an economy [most of the populace living in continual abject poverty, while most of the areas wealth is exported.].

I would say that colonialism probably should take more of the blame for that area’s history than capitalism. But at that time, and in many places as well as the Caribbean, they were opposite sides of the same coin.

Things like that can shape a person’s world view. I try not to fault folks for holding extreme views. Some of them turn out to be useful and/or correct.