Talk:Capitalism

Capitalism should be clearly and unambiguously defined as the establishment of a private enterprise. That is, a person (the entrepreneur, founder) is going to own the organization -- a business -- for the purpose of creating value out of the return of their investments (i.e. profit). This is in contrast to socialism which is the establishment of a collective enterprise, whereby the intention is to have a group of people benefit from the co-operative endeavor and own their own means of production. They will likely generate some excess revenue over expenses, as well (i.e. profit), so then... The question then is, when does a private enterprise turn into a collective one? If 100 workers own their company and still establish a profit, are they now a "private" enterprise because they don't allow any outside "owners"? What if 100 outside shareholders buy into the company, is it now "socialist" because it is not ownedby some rich founder? Dreamer (talk) 22:39, 10 March 2026 (UTC)