Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.
We've had to ask you this multiple times in the past, and I don't want to have to ban you, so if you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
Compared to the alternatives? No.
I grew up in communist USSR. You have no idea how grotesque things can be without a free market.
This argument is basically "I let them shoot me in the leg because they also had a rocket launcher and I know that hurts"
Adult life is a series of compromises and adjusting expectations accordingly.
why is that the only alternative?
It's likely not, but it's my strongest frame of reference.