Capitalism is the system where big businesses grant themselves rights and privileges individuals cannot claim. This is for the welfare of society. Capitalists always seek the welfare of society because self-interest of the part is the same as the self-interest of the whole. This is called the hidden hand. The hidden hand is not be confused with the iron fist. Which also hides. Hidden hands never use the levers of governments on their behalf. This follows because capitalists are often libertarians. When they are not socialists. Libertarians by definition believe in liberty. Hence they cannot be statists. QED. Note: Alan Greenspan and Matt Ridley are not statists because they called themselves libertarian. That makes them libertarians. QED.

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