> totalitarianism and capitalism aren't at all mutually exclusive Well, too much further discussion along these lines will turn into a semantic quagmire. Howev

> totalitarianism and capitalism aren't at all mutually exclusive Well, too much further discussion along these lines will turn into a semantic quagmire. However, you can draw a spectrum where "individuals decide for themselves" is on one end and "a central power decides for everyone" is at the other. In that viewpoint, capitalism and totalitarianism are at odds, regardless of whether the central authority is an officer of a government bureau or a corporate one.