> Think most people do include markets and competition as core to capitalism. I would argue that this is liberalism, and a smidge older than capitalism. I thin

> Think most people do include markets and competition as core to capitalism. I would argue that this is liberalism, and a smidge older than capitalism. I think you can have multiple kind of capitalism, the old-school, robber-baron that you get in Mexico, Brasil, Russia; the liberal capitalism you get on the west (mixed with more or less socialism), and the weird semi-authoritarian capitalism that you get in China, Vietnam (mixed with more or less socialism too). Probably other exists. Only the liberal one in my mind has free market and competition as a core, its always a secondary effect of participating in the global economy for the others. At least it's my opinion at the moment, i'm not knowledgeable enough, so if you disgree, please do and explain, i want to learn.