On Jul 14, 2017 11:53, "jim bell" <[1]jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:

   I've long believed that people should stop using the term "capitalism"
   when they probably mean, "free market".  "capitalism" might be the 1800
   equivalent of "crowdfunding".

   I agree people should use the word "capitalism" more sparingly.
   However it's not because most people mean "free market" when they use
   the term.
   Rather it's because some people mean "free market", whatever that
   means.  Some mean "the dominance of economy and society by mechanistic
   usury".  Some mean "democracy", whatever that means.  Some mean
   "American style police state tyranny".  And some mean "the
   actually-existing socioeconomic system in America today".
   The profusion of definitions in use, and the sometimes fuzzy boundaries
   between them, make the word "capitalism" not very useful for
   communication without a lot of context.

References

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