Re: Ok, Ok...relax...
I agree. This:
Modern capitalism is an abstract form of slavery in which those who control existing wealth control the lives of those who don't have it.
does seem rather excessively dogmatic. "Servitude" may have been a better word, but in the end still would have been inaccurate.
For me, first and foremost, capitalism is about opportunity...but it's also about shared values, about letting the community determine what's important.
IMHO, for capitalism to work for you, you need to fill 2 basic conditions: 1) you need to find something you enjoy doing, and 2) that "something" needs to be of value to other people. Once you get to that point, you'll find that capitalism is not cruel, anymore than air is cruel because it must be breathed.