No, I meant civilization. Perhaps “society” would be an acceptable substitution. Now if you’re asking if capitalism is the cancer that causes the tumorous growths of horrible, soulless billionaires? – that I would I answer in the affirmative. Capitalism, however, can be constrained by people if there is will to do so. Human greed and the lust for unbridled power seems to mitigate that potential constraint.
By “civilization” do you mean “capitalism”?
No, I meant civilization. Perhaps “society” would be an acceptable substitution. Now if you’re asking if capitalism is the cancer that causes the tumorous growths of horrible, soulless billionaires? – that I would I answer in the affirmative. Capitalism, however, can be constrained by people if there is will to do so. Human greed and the lust for unbridled power seems to mitigate that potential constraint.