Is there any historical evidence that free market capitalism works?

[Perry]

You are living in the results of capitalism despite the progressive liberals war against it. Sure we need some regulations to protect society against the ultra greedy and a safety net for people who have fallen on hard times. But, we don't need an obama welfare nanny state where the government gives incentive to be lazy and rewards failure. Think of failures like GM and Solyndra where obama showered his corporate crony's with tax payer money.

However, public schools could be run much more efficiently with a higher turnout of educated students if they were privatized. Just look at the private schools and privately funded charter schools that are turning out superior kids now. Government and teachers unions have destroyed the public school system.

Tell me in what society in history that you could DRIVE a CAR built by CAPITALISTS to BUY a HAMBURGER for less than $5.00. On that Hamburger is Meat processed by a capitalist, lettuce and tomato's grown by a capitalist, Buns baked by a capitalist. Conversely, as someone who lived on communist Russia before the wall came down. They were lucky if there was one salame hanging in the neighborhood deli.

Now show me historical evidence where Marxism/Communism has sustained itself past one or two generations before it imploded and the people starved.