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Capitalism can't last forever.Social systems are mortal.Like the human beings who compose them, they are born, mature, decline, and eventually die.The history of capitalist society shows it is no exception. It too has moved from birth through maturity to decline, and is now approaching death.

It might have it's ups and downs but I think it will always rebound eventually. What system could possibly replace capitalism if it did indeed die like you propose?

Something as yet unimagined.

Outright slavery, human sacrifice, or other barbaric practices are unfathomable to civilized people today. The past is usually bizarre from present perspective, as is the future. The future will change us even as we cling desperately to the ways of the past. This is inevitable.

The ways of modern people will seem downright barbaric to our ultra-empathic great grandchildren.

Very true. But their are still cults that practice human sacrifice.

One of the best systems in the world is the legal system, the ancient laws of the Bible... the laws Moses gave.

If you took all the ceremonial laws out of the government of ancient Israel, and added a little bit of strength to punishing judges for false judging, you would have the best... if it was combined with Bitcoin for free trade.

In a nutshell, without the ceremonial parts, their law allowed you to do anything as long as you didn't harm your neighbor, damage his private property, or break a true contract. The punishments were eye for eye, tooth for tooth, property for property, etc., in cases where there was harm or damage done - punishments matched the crime. There wasn't any welfare. People relied on family and friends for support if they needed it. That's it. All other laws were considered temporary or local, and harmed nobody. Even when they went to war, the laws for it were temporary, and were based on other nations harming them.