It's not necessary to read theory to criticize a popular social movement. I shouldn't have used socialism as an example, to be fair, that was probably stupid. And yes, I probably do have the midwit's level of understanding regarding socialism. But is the midwit wrong, necessarily?

My goal wasn't to be politically insightful really, although I agree with you that I probably sound stupid. I'm just trying to hone a basic pessimistic philosophy.

I do define capitalism as an 'extension of selfish human desires' although to a political theorist this would be insufficient. You don't address this. What do you think about this?

When it comes down to it, the ultimate authority a policeman has is his ability to end your life if you resist arrest. Are you disputing this?

My writing is probably terrible but in my post I am trying to establish that I'm a fatalist, basically, and that the world can't be changed on a fundamental level. So I do actually think that modern society happened organically. How could one argue that it didn't?

Whether or not man was suppressed or under the rule of a despot, that doesn't matter. It happened, and therefore it couldn't have happened any other way.