@Undisciplined broke it down for me, makes way more sense now. And yeah, I don’t think pure capitalism’s ever really been a thing. Might never be, because the government’s basically the biggest corporation anyway!

0xbitcoiner

I agree. we had just small spasms, an emulation of capitalism since it is mostly unfree and property is granted by threat in case of non-payment of taxes. You are right in this approach, however, these spasms of people making voluntary exchanges locally with each other are capitalism in its essence.

Fenix

AskSN

Is Capitalism Making Us Lonely?

For starters, the idea of a free market and respect for private property. That doesn't exist anywhere, so far as I can tell. So, I don't see how the author can even ask the question of whether capitalism leads to loneliness, because capitalism has never been tried anywhere, and particularly not  in Europe. Government manages the economy. 