I think the unprecedented response to Piketty's book is based on its scope and fundamental research, from how many sides he is supporting his conclusions, in short this is the hardest evidence to ignore or hide from regarding the self-destructing nature of our present human system and lifestyle.



We have many facts, proof all over the place but unconsciously we still avoid putting the whole picture together as looking at the whole picture, the whole unnatural and unsustainable system we built in total incompatibility compared to the strict natural system we exist in, would force us to change, and we do not want to change.



Instead we choose to fight, ignore facts even if they are the clearest, most obvious, or even if we agree there is a problem we "kick the can" or hope for some miracle.



So Piketty's strength is in the systemic approach, putting a whole picture together which is hard to ignore or refute.



The weakness of the book is its focus on economy, trying to find an economic solution to a problem that is much deeper.

It is of course not the author's fault, he is a specialist looking at his field.



But his work is similar to a skin doctor who wants to treat specific skin changes with his ointments, when the skin changes are simply symptoms of a cancer breaking out.



Economics and trade is simply the external representation of the inter-relationships in between human beings.

Banking systems, political governance is simply facilitating institutions for the economy and trade to maintain its function.



The root, the main driver is human nature, which influences how we relate to each other.

And our untamed, inherent human nature is self-preserving, self-calculating, egocentric, viewing others as enemies and competitors.



Thus regardless of the initial idea, good intentions this inherent nature of ours will corrupt the system regardless of what and how we try.

This nature brought down all previous, glorious civilizations, corrupted Marx's ideas, and finally corrupted modern democracy and freedom, and the promising, free-market capitalistic system.



So Piketty's depression is spot on in a way that unless we first correct, re-route our human nature, allowing it to build mutually complementing, and cooperating human relationships, shifting from competition to collaboration, from self-calculations to primary collective calculations, it does not matter what structure, ideology, political, economical, financial system we try, we will fail again and again.



So what we all need to work out as soon as possible how to introduce a new education system, and how to change the values of society so we treat the real problem and not the superficial symptoms.