capitalism "in the purist laissez faire sense" becomes meaningless - you can't have a market without some mechanism of enforcing private contracts and securing

capitalism "in the purist laissez faire sense" becomes meaningless - you can't have a market without some mechanism of enforcing private contracts and securing property. believing in others' needs and wants only needs to oppressive governments IF those beliefs come from a place of condescension (i.e. that poor bastard is too dumb to take care of himself, we should try to run his life for him) rather than compassion and understanding (i.e. he doesn't save money because he sees no point in planning for a future he has little hope of enjoying, let's give him the support he needs to function better). condescension is not egalitarianism.