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You seem to be defining a "capitalist" as anyone who uses anything that can be considered "capital," which is pretty much anything.  So, any system in which any individual works for another, under any terms, is capitalist.

Not only does that not fit the wikipedia definition of capitalist, it does not fit any commonly used definition of the term.

In an argument, you do not win simply by asserting that the terms being used in that discussion mean something different from what everybody else thinks.  Words have shared meanings for a reason - so that we can use them and know what people are talking about.

By all means, make your arguments, and if you like, explain your alternative definitions and the reasons for that.  But it's a bit much to get snippy at others for challenging your custom definitions.

by Zwackus on Fri May 15th, 2009 at 09:44:07 PM EST
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My point is that to get to the truth, one needs precise language, otherwise one is like dogs barking. Dogs express opinion, but it is sort of indistinct...

I may differ from the commons in semantics, but (sociologist) Bourdieu's arguments on capital are now well accepted at the highest levels of culture.  

If someone owns a car, or a house, or shoes that someone has capital. So one cannot just attack "capitalism", without attacking oneself. It's the wrong debate.

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by Patrice Ayme on Sat May 16th, 2009 at 03:36:40 PM EST
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