Talk:Capitalism

Let's try to avoid reverting each other's versions back and forth, hmm? I'd like to know what other NSwikipedians think. These are the two current versions:

The original version:

Capitalism is a socio-economic system or theory which emphasises private ownership of the means of production, unfettered freedom to pursue profit and the acquisition of wealth, and a free market economy.

or the version it's been replaced by (current version):

Capitalism is a socio-economic system or theory which emphasises the freedom of individuals to do as they please provided they are not directly harming other individuals. Capitalism recognises life, liberty and property as natural rights of all humans.

Flaws or assets of each or either version? Which one is more suitable, more accurate, more neutral? Or should they be combined somehow? Aridd 00:20, 15 March 2007 (GMT)

Flaws of the latter: misspelling of "individuals"...I prefer the first in general, as the second sentence of the last seems irrelevant, like it's attempting to imply that other systems do not. It also omits mention of the economy after the fourth word, and in my opinion capitalism focuses more on the economy than it does anything else. --Ember Nickel 22:23, 15 March 2007 (GMT)

Quick comment: the typo has actually been fixed. Other than that, I tend to agree with Ember Nickel: capitalism is an economic model. It's not necessarily linked to human rights, it definitely hasn't got a monopoly in that field, and as we all know there are and have been capitalist dictatorships. I feel the definition should be about economics. Aridd 10:48, 16 March 2007 (GMT)