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I'd like to see people try to remove themselves from capitalism and yet still get the necessities they require to live. It doesn't work. Capitalism isn't necessarily the worst form of living. Yes things are crazy expensive, even for people with money it's not easy, and yes nobody is paid enough and people are exploited, but it's hard to deny we have nice things, good houses, everyone has a car and a cell phone and lots of food.
I'm not saying there aren't a lot of problems, but it beats any other system out there. People who have tried to run their own commune away from capitalist society soon find themselves falling back into capitalistic behaviors, because that's the best tried and true system we have going for us. And we love to hate it, but it's a necessary evil.
Name one or more of the other systems currently in widespread use.