Quote from: RomertL on June 06, 2014, 10:06:42 AM

Quote from: cbeast on June 06, 2014, 01:49:14 AM

Quote from: AZwarel on June 06, 2014, 01:42:28 AM

Quote from: neofelis on June 06, 2014, 01:33:45 AM

Quote from: AZwarel on June 06, 2014, 01:03:31 AM

Because, what you guys call capitalism, is not capitalism. The US is not capitalism since the creation of income tax, the FED, the anti-trust laws, the 60's war on poverty welfare programs, etc. And Saudi Arabia is a monarchy, where the ruler can just seize you if he wants.

Capitalism based on voluntary exchange of goods and services at the market produced by men in competition free of coercion, with private property and personal liberty at the absolute basic right.
Show me how can people in the US choose not to use state provided services, and in turn not to pay taxes, like a voluntary trade with companies, and i say you have capitalism in the US.
Show me a real private business forces you to buy its product. If it can than it is not a private business in capitalist terms.

Finally! Somebody who understands.

Thx Neofelis!

I have been reading this forum for months, and, actually reading your posts was the reason i registered! I can finally talk with someone from the "same page". :-)

Ok, so no government involved in commerce, so who issues the money?

Haha that's a very funny thing to ask on this forum, not sure if you did it to prove a point :)I agree with Azwarel, true, free capitalism might never have been tried on a big scale before. Being from Sweden, a socialist-ish country, I sometimes hear people refer to US as a extreme capitalism, but that's not true at all. Removing the governments power over currency is key to create true capitalism. Thanks to Bitcoin we have a unique opportunity to create a better world with more power to to people and less to corrupt governments.

Exactly. We are far from a truly capitalist free market. We just call it that to make ourselves feel better or worse depending on your perspective.