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There is a natural equilibrium found in a free market. Those who can produce cheaper and better quality make money.

Watch a nature documentary some time. One with predators, or diseases, or parasites.

> Watch a nature documentary some time. One with predators, or diseases, or parasites.

Isn't predation typically cross-species? What exactly is your point here?

I thought it was obvious: Every individual organism in the natural ecological system, often has a strong incentive to screw over the others.

This is inherent in a universe where there is a limited amount of matter and energy, inhabited by organisms who can grow in population without limit.

Once all the matter and energy are occupied by organisms, the only way an organism can increase its population is by screwing over other organisms for their matter/energy. This is the rule of nature, but not just "trees and animals"-type nature. It's encoded into the very laws of physics which say the universe is limited, but organisms can replicate without limit.

This was also the rule of humanity up until the Industrial Revolution. It's just that a lot of people have forgotten it since then.

If imperfect utilization of resources is is a cancer, what words do you reserve for war, genocide, or starvation?

Many many many things worse in this world than a confusing legal battle over an old home. No systems are perfect, but free markets sure are pragmatic!

The legal battle over some obscure bit of private property is not the worst bit of capitalism, I didn't say it was. But it's an absurdly obvious example of how capitalism is a failed system.