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  > To see this, get two people together and try to get them to agree on when capitalism started, or even what a country needs to be considered a capitalist country.
this isn't actually an argument but an appeal; just because laypersons don't know how to frame something doesn't mean useful definitions don't exist

  > As a naturally evolved system, the alternative to capitalism is therefore capitalism+some minor tweak.
thats not a strong argument; people could have said the same thing about feudal arrangements and slavery or kings and emperors at one time in the past


Modern capitalism evolved from those old arrangements, so, yes they could! It wasn't invented as a replacement of society via intelligent design.

But OK, what's your definition?




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