Traditional capitalism is exchange against the background threat of violence by the government against people who break contracts or take property. People give up their basic freedoms, e.g. the freedom to say one thing and do another or to take whatever they have the physical ability to take.
The difference between capitalism and regulated economies is not freedom, because in both cases true freedom is constrained by a background set of rules enforced by the state. Rather, the difference is what rules exist and who makes them. In a purely capitalist society, we defer to the Lord God Mises and declare a a particular set of rules (private property, private contracts, etc) to be sacrosanct and worthy of government protection. In a democratic society, we get to vote on the rules.
Only if you've redefined "capitalism" to mean "any economic system including individual/institutional holdings and trade", in which case you've successfully and retroactively redefined all economies ever as having been capitalistic. A net that catches every fish names none.
"A net that catches every fish names none" is an interesting turn of phrase. Does it come from somewhere? Nets don't usually name things; the net that catches only 2 fishes also doesn't name them.
No, my brain just mixed metaphors stupidly. It just sounds interesting because it alliterates, which is also by accident.
I was thinking about how tuna fishermen cast dragnets that often catch many other things, up to and including sharks and dolphins. Hence, you couldn't really call such a net a "tuna net", since it more just catches tuna by coincidence of catching everything even remotely fish-shaped.
I think you missed the "free" part of the definition. The trade between the North Korean death camp guard and a prisoner is between individuals but that doesn't make it capitalistic (because of that "free" part being absent).
The difference between capitalism and regulated economies is not freedom, because in both cases true freedom is constrained by a background set of rules enforced by the state. Rather, the difference is what rules exist and who makes them. In a purely capitalist society, we defer to the Lord God Mises and declare a a particular set of rules (private property, private contracts, etc) to be sacrosanct and worthy of government protection. In a democratic society, we get to vote on the rules.