TONY Henderson's espousal of humanism (South China Morning Post, April 20) is merely wishful thinking unless he adopts effective methods to achieve humanist goals.
Capitalism itself does not benefit a minority.
Free capitalism is the great equaliser - always looking for cheap labour, resources, and capital, it restricts economic differentials between men.
Only the coercive state, with its national tariffs, export quotas, labour laws, prohibited occupations, foreign exchange controls, huge corruption, state industries, military expenditure, etc, stands in the way of greater equity.
Capitalism does not wreck the family - else how could it be that the exemplars of capitalism, Jews, Asians and Chinese, are all renowned for their family and tribal ties? The family is wrecked by welfarism.
When politicians, to gain power, tax us (steal our money), the recipients of their bribery are delighted - old people can afford their own homes, single women can have offspring without husbands, the homeless can afford alcohol without begging, the lazy can live without working, and opera-lovers can be subsidised by the toiling masses.