HASN'T it occurred to Steve Colborn, who takes such a simplistic view of society (HAS, July 13), that much of what is wrong in the world has nothing to do with capitalism?

Would Mr Colborn blame capitalism for tribal wars, ethnic cleansing, religious intolerance, sectarian hatred, caste exclusion and the ruination of a country that was once the bread basket of Africa?

D Cook, Sacriston, Co Durham.