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Capitalism is when people who have the money (capital) own the means of production.

Trade and capitalism are two different things. Trade has been with humanity for at least 12,000 years. Capitalism is about 250 years old.

Your entire rant is typical of someone who has actually never studied economic systems, and who thinks that the USSR had socialism. The name is a misnomer. The USSR had totalitarianism which combined fascism (telling people what to do with complete state control) and socialism (the ownership of either some or all industry). There was no communism involved. There actually has not been a single communistic country in the world.

People use these terms incorrectly.

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