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Definition
an economic system based on private ownership of property and businesses, and on voluntary exchange in a competitive environment — with the belief that voluntary exchanges harness inborn self-interest in millions of decisions that benefit society
- HUGO—(raises his head and peers at Rocky blearily through his thick spectacles—in a guttural declamatory tone) Capitalist swine!Act 1 (13% in)
- I know they're damned fools, most of them, as stupidly greedy for power as the worst capitalist they attack, but I'd swear there couldn't be a yellow stool pigeon among them.Act 1 (29% in)
- Peddler pimp for nouveau-riche capitalism!Act 3 (88% in)
- Capitalist svine!Act 4 (99% in)
There are no more uses of "capitalism" in The Iceman Cometh.
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