Capitalism has created massive amounts of prosperity because it is just free trade with respect for property rights. But greedy power hungry people always attempt to twist & corrupt language. They have worked to launder socialist & communist institutions (like central banking & govt schools & govt "regulation") under the banner of "capitalism."

It's fine if you think the word "capitalism" has been corrupted enough that you prefer not to use it, but there are libertarians & anarcho-capitalists who do mean free trade with respect for property rights. You may have a hard time understanding people if you don't keep that in mind. And the freedom to trade is the source of basically all significant wealth in human history. Production & trade create wealth, theft destroys it.

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''And the freedom to trade is the source of basically all significant wealth in human history.''

This sentence isn't true.

All significant wealth was created by a rigged game.

Who follows the rigged game wins the most significant wealth in human history..

There have been particular families or individuals who have stolen significant amounts of wealth, but all wealth is produced by someone first & usually traded before it is stolen.

People who believe all wealth is the result of some scam or corruption tend to be the sort who acquire their own money dishonestly.

People who believe there are only 2 options or sides, tend to be the root of our society problems