The stupidest thing about capitalism is its insistence on constant growth no matter the destruction of the air and the water, no matter the need to preserve the peace and safety of the populace.
If America had twenty percent fewer people but they all lived better, capitalism would say that culture is a failure.
Americans at at our limit, we, at least the bottom third on the economic pyramid, are living shorter lives...maybe look out for the people rather than the damn stock market.