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Scarcity and being poor are two different things: when you're poor, the grocery store is fully stocked, you just can't afford it. When resources are scarce, the store is empty or almost empty. We've seen it artificially with COVID when people panicked about toilet paper. People bought all the toilet paper, some even to resell at higher prices. People do crazy things when you don't know when you'll get more, especially food and essential supplies.
Being kind when you're poor is advantageous because other poor people will help you too when you need something. It's community, and you basically end up somewhat pooling and managing resources together. But it kind of only works at small scale, because humans build relationships. At large scale it breaks into groups, and groups form even bigger groups, and you have factions and big fights.
For capitalism, maybe it's not the best fitting word. I mean specifically people will barter and trade, someone will find a way to generate profits, hiring other people for profit and eventually slowly start hoarding all the resources just like regular corporate modern day. Even the concept of taxes is pretty old: you give me some extra grain and I'll protect your farm. Someone will find a way to position themselves as important and justify taking more than others. Get favors, bribes, make more kids to help maintain the family's power.
Fair enough, that's better reasoning for your argument (or I just understood you better this time haha). I don't think I agree with you, because I would share with other people even on scarcity and I like to believe that people, at their core, have the capacity for kindness even in times of stress.
As for your other point about trade and barter, that's fair enough. Socialism is also an economic system that involves money and trading - the difference is that the workers would cooperatively own their own shops, factories, etc. rather than having a CEO / landlord that just leeches off of the workers as it would be under capitalism.
Gift based economies have existed and do exist, but as you say, usually within small groups. And gifts can also be used as a form of currency in people's minds, even if there's no concrete tokens like money that get exchanged.