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by JasonCannon 1710 days ago
>Selling my beets at the farmers market is capitalism

No. It is not. People have been selling their wares at markets for thousands of years. Capitalism has only been around for about 500 years.

Capitalism is a system of economics where the means of production (Capital Goods) are owned privately by the owning class (The Capitalist). It's a relationship between the owner class, and the worker class. Owning the farm and employing workers would be Capitalist. Selling wares to a market is just commerce/trading.