Capitalism rewards people willing to spend time and resources on developing merit...hard work and self-reliance.
Progressivism (and to a greater extent, communistic type systems) rewards people willing to spend time and resources on knowing which government form to fill out and which line to get into.
The progressive approach can actually be lucrative to a degree, but as far as I am concerned, it is soul crushing, and it ultimately drags the entire system down the drain. Capitalism, on the other hand, motivates individual merit and therefore healthy pride and happiness, and it ultimately builds the entire system up (a rising sea raises all boats).
The more the Left wins, the less time we have before the next financial collapse.