<i>in the context of agrarian society</i><p>We&#x27;re not in an agrarian society, and in case you haven&#x27;t noticed almost everyone gets the hell out of that situation as soon as they can when other opportunities present themselves.<p><i>a world of individuals pursuing their own interests can only fail</i><p>You say this, implying the inevitable failure of capitalism; then you oppose communism; do you really want to go straight back to feudalism?