[OneWingedShark]

>> “Are you telling me that Capitalism could not withstand Communism in “the marketplace of ideas”?”
>
>Communism never intended to compete with us in any free market.

I never said it did.
What I said is that we currently have something that isn't a free market, but pretends to be (which is why a free market would shock it).

When did they ever abide by the will of the people to choose some other form of government?

Not the point, not the question — the point/question is if Capitalism needs to have it's proponents use force to stamp out other ideas (namely Communism).

No, Communists only make pretenses of that, but they always scheme to take power by subterfuge and violence.

And how is that different that the government we have now and, indeed, have had for as long as I can [personally] remember?
(Waco and Ruby Ridge are good illustrations of that.)

[Boogieman]

“... the point/question is if Capitalism needs to have it’s proponents use force to stamp out other ideas (namely Communism).”

If someone intends to enslave you by force, do you think you can reason your way out of it by talking about it?