> Agreed. But I would be hesitant to use the word capitalism. It is too broad. You're right, and the better term would be something along the lines of "the Ame

> Agreed. But I would be hesitant to use the word capitalism. It is too broad. You're right, and the better term would be something along the lines of "the American capitalist system", or "the American economic system", but those seem too specific. It is a form of capitalism that has found its way through most of Western-style representative democracy and economic planning in its various forms through the 20th century. Usually that's what we call a capitalist system in any definition outside of economics or fringe political science.