Reply #107: Sorry. Wrong

[Capn Sunshine]

Capitalism, Barter. Same thing. Production = privately owned. I get Rabbit. My labor is the means of production. You've got Berries. Your labor is the means of production, unless you mugged someone for them, then you are one notch up the ladder productionwise. Trade occurs when each feels that their desire has been met. That desire is the motor of trade. You enact the trade when you feel the price is fair. Your profit is intangible often, but you have traded for something you did not have to YOUR BENEFIT. You WANTED. That benefit is profit, amigo. The thing that oils the wheels of trade.

Don't get hung up on the perversion of capital, call it what you will, capitalism is a natural state.