And yet I feel like I have the opposite problem, like capitalism keeps me feeling trapped from doing so many things I would rather be doing.

But long road ahead for neanderthal man to learn how to locate& identify & collect & mine & refine various metals for various purposes, and nobody paid him a dime to do all that hard work (because dimes didn’t exist), and he did it all for the compelling primal urge to innovate.

Innovation enhances availability of resources. This has always been true.

Those who have the most resources are most successful at finding mates, having children, and having those children reach an age where they can do the same.

Violence is another way to acquire resources and reduce the resources of your victims. The rest of the above applies.

Greed, hoarding, violence, corruption, etc., are all evolved characteristics. Those traits succeed.