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[–] Nosferatjew 5 points -3 points (+2|-5) ago  (edited ago)

Capitalism is a system that requires the government to outlaw direct free trade between individuals and groups.

That's not capitalism.. that's the opposite of capitalism. Capitalism is the voluntary exchange of goods and/or services between two consenting private parties. Capitalism is free trade, and government has nothing to do with it. The moment government gets involved, it ceases to be legitimate capitalism, and instead mutates into something in the transitional area between capitalism and socialism/communism.

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[–] FridayJones 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

That's an idealized version of Capitalism that has never existed though. Just like that mythical "pure Communism," it sounds good on paper but has never been implemented in any meaningful way.

In the real world of American venture Capitalism, you can't just buy and sell whatever you want to whomever you want. Monopolistic syndicates have protectionist laws created all the time. The US Code is loaded with laws specific to maintaining strangleholds on markets for small cabals of interconnected (through Board memberships) company leaders. Just try muscling in on their territory by producing and selling your own commodities freely to wholesale distributors. They will bury you.

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[–] Nosferatjew 5 points -5 points (+0|-5) ago 

News flash big guy, America is not a capitalist country. It's close to one, but is not one. At it's inception, it was the closest any country has ever been, but since then, because of ever increasing government intrusion/regulation, has drifted further and further away.

venture Capitalism

I get the impression that you don't know what this means.