This is the natural order of human nature. But it turns out that when you let people profit off of the productive capital they own, they end up investing a significant portion of their income into creating new capital.<p>This process of profit motivated investment leads to an increase in goods&#x2F;services being generated per capita, and consequently, less need for manual labour, more leisure time, and a higher standard of living, for the masses:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.csmonitor.com&#x2F;World&#x2F;2016&#x2F;0207&#x2F;Progress-in-the-global-war-on-poverty" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.csmonitor.com&#x2F;World&#x2F;2016&#x2F;0207&#x2F;Progress-in-the-glo...</a><p>&gt;Almost unnoticed, the world has reduced poverty, increased incomes, and improved health more than at any time in history.<p>^ improvements in the standard of living is the natural order of the world and even more so when there is a free market in place, as historical cross-country comparisons show us.<p>These attempts at making edgy anti-capitalism comments, which essentially imply that we should impose authoritarian prohibitions, that abridge the right to private property and engagement in voluntary market transaction, are embarrassing.