>>>>Just because it got its name in the 18th century
>>>>doesn't mean that it didn't exist before.
>
>>The word "Capitalism" wasn't invented in the 18th century.
>
>These two statements were uttered by your
>oh-so-knowledgeable ass. You may have knowledge, but you
>lack memory, homey.
>
>For the record, from Merriam-Webster:
>
>Main Entry: cap·i·tal·ism
>Pronunciation: 'ka-p&-t&l-"iz-&m, 'kap-t&l-, British also
>k&-'pi-t&l-
>Function: noun
>Date: 1877
>: an economic system characterized by private or corporate
>ownership of capital goods, by investments that are
>determined by private decision, and by prices, production,
>and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by
>competition in a free market
>
>Don't weep, my nerdish friend, you were kinda right the
>second time. The word capitalism wasn't invented in the 18th
>century, but in the 19th. After two guys named Marx and
>Engels wrote a book that identified what it was.
>
Maybe you should attend a philosophy & history course. I highly recommend reading Horatius Flaccus.

>Also, mercantilism isn't about "the private or corporate
>ownership of capital goods", dude.
>
Of course it isn't. But your definition of "Mercantilism" was far beyond reality.

>>You probably do not even know what "caput, capitis"
>>or "capitalis, e" mean, but that's a different topic.
>>
>
>Yeah, right. Like, you're the only guy in the world who took
>latin courses. Spare me, please.

ok boy. Knowledge hurts sometimes. Stay true to your myths.