Figured I might as well add this, from the greatest hits thread:
What exactly is capitalism? (thread: Online debate with schoolmate in Govt. class)
Here’s one which addresses the common misconception that capitalism is a political ideology, or some written-down, defined system of economic governance, similar to Marxism, or Maoism, or any other sort of -ism. This mistake is probably due almost entirely to the word containing that suffix. But this post offers a small bit of explanation and video to set it straight.
Further discussion of capitalism, and an illustration of what happens when you don’t think things all the way through.