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George Pyle: Socialism’s main selling point is that it is not capitalism

Capitalism is, more and more people are realizing, evil. And its greatest crime is that its proponents and sycophants have convinced themselves, and many others, that capitalism is a term that is fully interchangeable with the idea of a free market.

That is false, tragically false. Though it should surprise no one, as the devil of capitalism is not in its details, but in its very name.

Capital is another word for money. Capitalism, thus, is a world view that values money. And. Nothing. Else.

That is not the free market. The free market values -- or, at least, can value -- many things.