They say money cannot buy happiness. And that is true. But what they do not say is that money can significantly reduce misery. And happiness and misery are not opposites. You cannot EVER be happy if you are miserable. Ever. But you can absolutely survive for decades if you are NOT miserable. You can even be happy, at times. Capitalism is the only system that allows most people to not be miserable. All other systems falsely promise happiness, while doing fuck-all about misery.