Capitalism have had a couple of hundreds of years or so now, and it still haven't succeeded in this, even with all the technological progress since.
I'd argue it's not. I'd argue prosperity is. That is to say if the poor get far richer than they were and that keeps happening I don't care if the rich get richer faster. Especially if true class mobility is present in the system. That way the poor are trading places with the rich.
The problem is that it's becoming increasingly clear that Capitalism fails miserably at redistributing resources fairly.
Yes pure capitalism fails some people and a mix of small amounts of socialism help those in need. But prosperity does far more to help the poor than equality. Extreme inequality is bad
I'm saying that absolute wealth is more important than equality. Do you have a counter to that or a system that can promote prosperity and more even wealth distribution?
heck from the Egyptian Pyramids to Europe's castle's to Abu dhabi's big buildings.
It seems all of them are tainted with being built with a slave workforce...
Same goes for any multinational corporation exerting resources from their low-wage employees and the countries where they operate.
Sad thing is we, as a society, will probably celebrate/admire those who extract more.
Capitalism is a fucked up mindset, it has brought us to here, and that can be said to have some merits by itself, but I'm not sure it will get us much far ahead as it is...