I don't agree. Here's the most definitive definition of capitalism (written by what many today acknowledge as its greatest champion): http://aynrandlexicon.com

I don't agree. Here's the most definitive definition of capitalism (written by what many today acknowledge as its greatest champion): http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/capitalism.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/capitalism.html From the link: Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned. Today, we don't come close to this ideal. One example of this is that the government is the largest single landowner in the country: http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/map-owns_the_west.jpg http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/map-owns_the_... Need I mention Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the alphabet soup of regulatory agencies, the Federal Reserve, the giant social programs that redistribute forcibly? None of these things existed a century ago when this country was on the rise. When I say “capitalism,” I mean a full, pure, uncontrolled, unregulated laissez-faire capitalism—with a separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of state and church. This is something we've never had, even in the 19th century. When we do, the human flourishing unleashed will make the lives for those who live it more vibrant and fulfilling than anything seen before on Earth.