In the last 20 years, capitalism has successfully allow a billion people to pull themselves out of dire poverty worldwide.  

   "The world’s achievement in the field of poverty reduction is, by almost any measure, impressive. Although many of the original Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) —such as cutting maternal mortality by three-quarters and child mortality by two-thirds—will not be met, the aim of halving global poverty between 1990 and 2015 was achieved five years early.

The MDGs may have helped marginally, by creating a yardstick for measuring progress, and by focusing minds on the evil of poverty. Most of the credit, however, must go to capitalism and free trade, for they enable economies to grow—and it was growth, principally, that has eased destitution."

Give people the freedom to handle their own affairs, and to keep the money that they earn, and they will see to their own advancement. 

On the other hand, put them on the dole, provide for their every need, and you will create a passive, government dependent parasite that adds, at the very best, nothing positive to society.  Example: everyone who lives in Detroit.