Everyone does what is right in his own eyes

I love this brief clip of Milton Friedman on the Phil Donahue Show back in 1979. It reminds me of Deuteronomy 12:8 and so many other verses concerning how we are motivated by our self interest.

To me all of the non-capitalistic systems used in the world don't understand the human heart and try to create heaven on earth so-to-speak. Truly only Jesus changing a man's heart can do that. For utopia on earth to exist every man, woman, and child would need to have a changed heart. Even scripture reveals that not everyone will choose Jesus. Scripture and my experience reveal that only Jesus can change one's heart. Capitalism works because it recognizes our human condition and that is that in order for an individual to get what he wants he must provide to others what they want.

Adam Smith said in his book the "Wealth of Nations" that it is not for your benevolence that the butcher, the baker, the brewer prepares your meal, but from regard to their own interest."