Doug, better red than dead - an old saying went. Translation: certian political arrangements may be far from ideal, but at least they offer something, like minimum security and living standards. I think the same applies to finanzkapital - the groups it oppresses are incomparably better off than even non-oppressed groups under islamic fundamentalism, and goddess have mercy for those whom the fundamentalists oppress.
Moreover, capitalism takes various empirical forms. While the US variety is quite virulent, the forms that exist in, say the Scandinavian countries, and even much of Western Europe, are argueably better than Soviet- or China-style state socialism.
wojtek