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Quaint Capitalism

(Noun)
A capitalist theory which opposes economic domination by large corporations in favor of small-scale, generally local businesses, thus leaving most economic activity to the petite bourgeoisie.

Businesses operating on this theory are often characterized by a kitschy, cozy aesthetic, cheugy merchandise, and a strong pride in being small local businesses.
Allison prefers quaint capitalism over corporatism, so she shops at her local farmers' market instead of the grocery store.
by TheSlanguist June 16, 2021
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State capitalism

“State capitalism” is a term that’s been used for over 100 years by economists and others to describe a system where the state employs the workers, pays their wages, sells what’s produced to make profits etc (instead of private employers doing this). Many people don’t know that what came about it Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea etc was state capitalism, and was never socialism or communism (i.e. a society where the people collectively own and control the means of production). In fact, the class-free, state-free, money-free socialism/communism that Marx and Engels wanted and wrote about, has not yet begun.
Those people who ludicrously think Russia had socialism or communism should read a history book about Lenin, then they would realise that he repeatedly said he wanted "state capitalism" for Russia and he said that it would be "a great success".
by Economics Professor February 24, 2023
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anarcho-capitalism

Contradictory. Anarchists have always been opposed capitalism. End of story.
Anarcho-capitalism is just capitalism without any regulations. Basically, if we lived in such a system, it would be 10 times worse than what we have now.
by Striker122 June 22, 2009
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Capitalism

A very flawed economic system in which the big bad businesses and the greedy entrepreneurs own everybody’s ass and they can let you starve. It is referred to by some as the most free economic system. To the contrary, man is not free if he is dead, and capitalism lets the man starve to death.
Me: “A very flawed economic system in which the big bad businesses and the greedy entrepreneurs own everybody’s ass and they can let you starve. It is referred to by some as the most free economic system. To the contrary, man is not free if he is dead, and capitalism lets the man starve to death.”
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Capitalism

Where we rely on each other, but only think about ourselves.
"Here in America, we define freedom as 'living paycheck to paycheck,' ... cause ya know,.... capitalism."
by ~Carpe Diem~ December 17, 2015
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Capitalism

Man dude, capitalism sucks.
Yeah, dude, I know. The south showed me that.
by Da Real Sans Undertale June 11, 2018
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Capitalism

Boy at family dinner: Mother, boys in my school are talking about something called Capitalism.
Mother at a family dinner: Don't listen to them. They don't know what they are talking about, you have work in the potato field today by the way.
by Communist 100 October 27, 2020
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