Capitalism does not actively encourage or discourage waste, greed, or any other evil, Ake.

This is the point where I feel your cart is being pushed rather than pulled.

Capitalism supplies employment, employment supplies income, income gives the power to purchase what we need or what we WANT. Capitalism by employing us produces that which we may need or want to purchase.

What we do with that purchasing power is OUR responsibility, and we can be as greedy, or as frugal as WE choose.

Nobody forces us to overconsume, or to waste resources. The supply is put in front of us, and WE make our own decisions.

There are "isms" which dictate what we may or may not, and in some cases what we must or must not, do. Capitalism is one of the very few that does not, so if we want to blame somebody for our excesses, I'm afraid we must look closer to home for the culprit,.....Perhaps a mirror?

Don T.