That's Capitalism

Comments attributing criticized economic or business behaviors to the inherent nature of capitalism, often with phrases like 'that's capitalism for you' or debates on its definition versus free markets.

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IMO capitalism capitalists market property private definition capital free market profit private property

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SuperSandro2000 Mar 21, 2024 View on HN

Capitalism does capitalism things...

tomasien Jun 16, 2015 View on HN

You're just describing capitalism.

cyanydeez Sep 14, 2023 View on HN

You're just describing capitalism.

binary132 Sep 6, 2025 View on HN

are you saying capitalism doesn’t favor capitalists?

GFK_of_xmaspast Nov 24, 2014 View on HN

That's capitalism for you.

munin Jan 5, 2017 View on HN

That's capitalism for you.

jld Apr 16, 2018 View on HN

That's capitalism for you.

buellerbueller Nov 5, 2025 View on HN

It sounds like you are describing capitalism.

rchaud Nov 1, 2023 View on HN

That's what capitalism's for.

markus_zhang Feb 27, 2024 View on HN

That's the whole point of Capitalism.