Not to be mean or anything but WHAT THE FUCK WHY DID USA FORGIVE JAPAN OF CERTAIN WAR CRIMES DURING WWII SIMPLY TO GAIN A SMALL BIT OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY (which could have been gained through much gentler means)
People who use the notion of "human nature" to justify capitalism have a lazy, unfounded argument. Human nature is a malleable concept and to believe that greed is a quintessential example of human ambition and thought is unjustified and tragic.