Capitalism happened to be the dominant ideology (due to violent suppression of alternatives) during a period when many people were brought out of poverty.
Some other system or collection of systems might have worked worse, or better, or exactly the same.
Damn you capitalism!! shakes fist
Sorry kid, but your favourite robber baron superstars didn’t have much to do with improving commoners’ living conditions at any point in history.
Capitalism has brought more people out of poverty than any other system on history.
Unproven assertion.
Capitalism happened to be the dominant ideology (due to violent suppression of alternatives) during a period when many people were brought out of poverty.
Some other system or collection of systems might have worked worse, or better, or exactly the same.
Might have, but that doesnt contradict the comment. The just stated a fact that doesnt make any assumptions onhow well other systems could work.