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What does the term 'capitalist' mean?

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Someone who owns and controls sufficient means of production that they can employ and exploit workers.

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Where did you get that
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paulbenn

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From reading publications of the World Socialist Movement.
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can you explain your answer
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What do you want explaining, exactly?
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A capitalist can mean a person who accumulates wealth or money through free enterprise or buying and selling. A capitalist can also simply mean a very wealthy person.

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