Capitalism and Vitality

Probably the most familiar contemporary image of a de-vitalized society is totalitarian Communism, in which individual initiative is suppressed, thus stifling growth.  However, the absence of that suppression does not suffice for vitalization.  For, Vitality is a characteristic of an Organism, whereas, Capitalism is fundamentally an Atomistic system, in which collectivity can never be more than an aggregation, into which the integration of individual initiative is inherently problematic.  Furthermore, it is also susceptible to the same stagnation as any other system--degeneration into symbolic ritual, which is a mode of mechanical repetition.  As a unit, Capitalism is a Frankenstein robot, awaiting animation from elsewhere, to which an aggregate of individual initiatives is inadequate.