Comment Re:The problem is political (Score 1) 266
Hmm? Did you in fact read Das Kapital? Marx was first and foremost a theoretical economist and his economic theory is intended to be a scientific work, in as far as one can call economic theory science (not meant to be a slight on economists, by the way; after all, Mathematics is not universally considered a science either, because it isn't empirical).
Hence it follows that capitalism is, as you say, 'evil'.
I'm not sure that conclusion is valid; what you are doing is painting it as a black/white issue. In the real world there will by necessity always be some degree of inequality, but society will not really be stable unless inequality is kept in check - hence, the mechanisms that make up capitalism have to be kept in check to some extent. I think it is plain, common sense.
In the context of the article, this analysis is spot-on.
If you say so - I wasn't commenting on the article.