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What is a capatalist?

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A capitalist is a person who supports the tenets of capitalism, including the development of free markets.

And capitalism is an economic system based (to a varying degree) on private ownership of the factors of production (capital, land, and labor) employed in generation of profits. It is the oldest and most common of all economic systems and, in general, is synonymous with free market system.

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A capitalist is someone who believes in and participates in a capitalist economic system where private individuals and businesses own and control the means of production for profit. They support an economic structure based on private ownership, free markets, and competition.

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