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by Amincd 5518 days ago
Capitalism means non-government intervention in your voluntary agreements and interactions with others. In other words, it's freedom.
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There's a lot of disagreement over that word "voluntary", though. People who emphasize the "capitalism" part, as in anarcho-capitalists, tend to take a very loose view of what constitutes voluntary agreement, which is basically anything short of initiating actual physical violence, or perhaps direct threats like putting a gun to someone's head. Others, from the more left-leaning parts of voluntaryist circles, require a stronger definition of voluntary.

The standards of traditional western contract law for what counts as a voluntary agreement (i.e. not one entered into under coercion or duress) are somewhere in between.