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Some definitions by Bearster:

Socialism (same as communism) is the social system which places the power to initiate the use of physical force under the control of the collective.

Fascism is the is the social system which places the power to initiate the use of physical force under the control of a military leader.

Democracy is the social system which places the power to initiate the use of physical force under the control of a majority.

Anarchism is the social system which places the power to initiate the use of physical force under the control of any thug who would wield it.


Capitalism is the social system based on the prohibition of the initiation of the use of physical force.

Capitalism (alt., tongue-in-cheek) is the social system which doesn't permit the lazy, the irrational, or the vicious to hold back their betters.

Libertarianism (tongue-in-cheek) is the kind of anarchism that's dressed in capitalism's clothing.