This automation fear is not a reality... I'm sure they said the same thing when the wheel .... capitalism increases the standard of living and puts a downward pressure on price
the ideas of capitalism, equality, etc are all flawed because they are man's creations and man is flawed no sense in arguing about flawed ideas
Nobody is arguing over a flawless system. The aim is to find a way to smooth out the discontent in the world that's been there for the last 6-7 years without resorting to a larger state with less economic freedoms for those that do want to work hard.
If you want to see what gov't interventions - taken to the max - produce, look at Venezuela. If you think capitalism produces inequality, look at socialism.
I'm on the planet Earth and there's no such thing as equality anyway but if you're talking about it on a grading scale capitalism creates the most equal opportunity system of any system