Well, we know that the Reagan administration illegally funded the terrorists in Nicaragua, right?
The slippery slope of solipsism may be a fun parlor game, but it's of no use outside the Ivory Tower.
Face it, we know that people starve to death because of capitalism (Agusto, before you go off half-cocked, read Sen on famine) and we know that you have to kill a cow to make a hamburger.
Ernestito, others may wish to make an issue of an awkward sentence, but your point is clear, and I, for one, am with you.
vox
Economists have provided capitalists with a comforting concept called the "free market." It does not describe any part of reality, at any place or time. It's a mantra conveniently invoked when it is proposed that government do something the faithful don't like, and just as conveniently ignored whenever they want government to do something for them.