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@volkris @dashrandom @avlcharlie @mapto Is is you who are saying things that are simply not true.

Capitalism will exist regardless of government. Government has no say over whether capitalism exists.

Capitalism, being a free market, may not exist if governments pass laws which force the market to be non-free. For example price fixing of goods by definition makes for a non-free market. As long as that is actually enforced, even if enforced poorly, you no longer have a free market, at best you will have a black market, which again by definition is not a free market (free as in freedom).

People will talk to each other regardless of what government thinks about it.

People talking to eachother isnt what makes a market free. Regardless, no, governments can and will stifle communication. Sure some will still happen but to say the government cant influence that is just plain wrong. Just look at North Korea the government very clearly has a large influence on what people say to eachother and how.

Humans do capitalism because capitalism is in our incentives. We don’t ask permission from government to do capitalism.

I do of course agree, that capitalism is more or less the default. We will do it automatically. But only when we can, governments can and do prevent it all the time.