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That's extremely idealist, not a materialist way of understanding the world. Capitalism emerged from the material circumstances of that time, the contradictions of feudalism were causing ruptures that led to economic power concentrating along with the accumulation of capital. The development of new forms of production and exchange that the old system could no longer contain were what "made" capitalism, it wasn’t created by "unhealthy" individuals, but arose out of changing material conditions and class relations. We aren't in this situation because "some mentally ill people snapped it into existence." That's not how the world works, and neither "removing the unhealthy people from power" nor "making people healthy" are going to end capitalism or bring us socialism.
I dont have the words to describe what I mean. But I dont believe that people who exhibit traits of Machiavellism or any other intense dark traid traits should just be shunted or killed and we move on, and I definitely dont believe that if Anarchism or Communism was the main mode of the world these people would vanish, they'll still be here. So we need a more developed understanding of these hypertendencies and fixations.