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People have different definitions of what capitalism is, but they all share one characteristic: it's an absolute description, not one that depends on your policies relative to other countries.

Pointing out that the US has a more capitalistic economic than other countries currently enjoy is largely irrelevant in deciding whether or not it can be called capitalistic.




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