It's mentioned in the Bible as well. Matthew 6:24:
> No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
It's elaborated further in Matthew 6 about the failings of capitalism (the pursuit of money above all else), and how it's not in line with Christian doctrine:
> 25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Money isn't inherently evil, so long as it's used merely as a medium to exchange goods and services, to make bartering easier. However, capitalism results in the prioritization of money above all else, and will destroy itself, in one form or another, if not properly counterbalanced. This is why Jesus flew into such a rage at the money changers and merchants at the temple, who were selling goods and services at exorbitant prices, extorting the people (how many places can we list that are like that now?; fairs, sportsball stadiums, amusement parks, airports, etc.). Matthew 21:13:
> And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”
Without (good) government intervention, we had (and have) monopolies and trusts, where the companies intentionally screw over their workers, hoarding more and more wealth into the hands of the very few at the top, using them as little more than slave labor. And for what? More money. This also results in the customers being screwed over, since the powerful companies, ruled by people who prize money over people (and truth), will replace healthy ingredients with poisoned ones, strong materials with weaker ones, high cost components with cheaper ones, building in obsolesce into their products, forcing people to buy their products over and over, for money, poisoning them over time, and giving them cheap products they can't hand down to their children. Whereas a good man, with love of his people, would build it right, the first time, with good ingredients and materials, and strive to build it better, because he loves his people more than money. Our governments used to clamp down on monopolies and trusts. Not any more. Through "lobbying" (a fancy word for bribes), companies bought out our own governments, and infiltrated them.
Capitalism, without controls, always, inevitably, downward spirals to its own destruction. I don't necessarily think that capitalism can't be rightly controlled, but it requires a people, at all levels, to prioritize the right things.
As you rightfully pointed out, there are numerous people, amongst even our own people, who are too enticed by greed, otherwise they wouldn't willing be working with satanic pedophiles who are actively working toward our destruction, merely so the greedy among us can get a temporary slice of the pie. In one form or another, proper controls on greed and money must be implemented, or it will death spiral.
> No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
It's elaborated further in Matthew 6 about the failings of capitalism (the pursuit of money above all else), and how it's not in line with Christian doctrine:
> 25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Money isn't inherently evil, so long as it's used merely as a medium to exchange goods and services, to make bartering easier. However, capitalism results in the prioritization of money above all else, and will destroy itself, in one form or another, if not properly counterbalanced. This is why Jesus flew into such a rage at the money changers and merchants at the temple, who were selling goods and services at exorbitant prices, extorting the people (how many places can we list that are like that now?; fairs, sportsball stadiums, amusement parks, airports, etc.). Matthew 21:13:
> And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”
Without (good) government intervention, we had (and have) monopolies and trusts, where the companies intentionally screw over their workers, hoarding more and more wealth into the hands of the very few at the top, using them as little more than slave labor. And for what? More money. This also results in the customers being screwed over, since the powerful companies, ruled by people who prize money over people (and truth), will replace healthy ingredients with poisoned ones, strong materials with weaker ones, high cost components with cheaper ones, building in obsolesce into their products, forcing people to buy their products over and over, for money, poisoning them over time, and giving them cheap products they can't hand down to their children. Whereas a good man, with love of his people, would build it right, the first time, with good ingredients and materials, and strive to build it better, because he loves his people more than money. Our governments used to clamp down on monopolies and trusts. Not any more. Through "lobbying" (a fancy word for bribes), companies bought out our own governments, and infiltrated them.
Capitalism, without controls, always, inevitably, downward spirals to its own destruction. I don't necessarily think that capitalism can't be rightly controlled, but it requires a people, at all levels, to prioritize the right things.
As you rightfully pointed out, there are numerous people, amongst even our own people, who are too enticed by greed, otherwise they wouldn't willing be working with satanic pedophiles who are actively working toward our destruction, merely so the greedy among us can get a temporary slice of the pie. In one form or another, proper controls on greed and money must be implemented, or it will death spiral.