Those trying to excuse the gross inequalities of capitalism often claim that it allows talented individuals to rise. These achievements are only possible given certain developments in society as a whole. It's true that people differ. And any one human life is too short to develop fully all the different skills and talents that humanity as a whole is capable of.
Capitalism has a thousand ways to squash talent in the working class.
Capitalist schools reward conformity in our children, not creativity. We breathe in this lie like polluted air. And if I'm not, practice won't help. Under capitalsim, many workers don't get the chance to use their creative abilities. They are stuck in their jobs doing the capitalists' bidding.