[SR2Z]

The beauty of capitalism is that both parties can benefit from trade.

[pasquinelli]

why did anyone trade prior to capitalism?

[SR2Z]

Consensual trade between rational actors leads to both of them benefiting. Before capitalism, the ideology which focused on property rights and individual freedoms didn't really have a name...

[pasquinelli]

so how's it the beauty of capitalism?

[SR2Z]

'cause that's the one where you get to own things?

[pasquinelli]

if that's the one where you get to own things then there wasn't trade before capitalism, because you can't trade things without ownership. is that what you're saying?