Quote from piezoe:
Before getting overly enthusiastic about "Capitalism" perhaps it would be wise to review common definitions: (from the 1961 edition of the Random House Dictionary)
Capitalism 1. a system under which the means of production, distribution, and exchange are in large measure privately owned and directed.
2. the concentration of capital in the hands of a few, or the resulting power or influence.
3. a system favoring such concentration of wealth.
Perhaps what you really want is free market capitalism where capitalists rise and fall on their merits, and anyone with initiative and drive can "capitalize" on their opportunities, and opportunity to do so abounds because wealth is not concentrated among the few, but widely available to anyone who can demonstrate or convince another that their idea has merit.
Obviously, without free markets, unfettered capitalism can be a curse, as bad or worse than any other "-ism" you can think of.