Sorry, I should've put it in layman's terms. > Again, I profoundly disagree. Capitalism is a historically specific configuration of social, economic and legal

Sorry, I should've put it in layman's terms. > Again, I profoundly disagree. Capitalism is a historically specific configuration of social, economic and legal arrangements. You are just talking about scales here. What I mean is that we basically have two different ways of subsisting: by working individually and trading or by working collectively and be part of a social welfare system. There is no proven third option were a huge chunk of a population's society didn't need to work for it to work. Might happen in the future, but I don't think so.