To: Singapore_Yank
I seem to be confused.Maybe Merriam-Webster can clear things up for you:
Main Entry: cap·i·tal·ist
Pronunciation: -ist
Function: noun
Date: 1792
1 : a person who has capital especially invested in business; broadly : a person of wealth : PLUTOCRAT
2 : a person who favors capitalism
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10/17/2001 6:10:12 AM PDT by
Monitor
To: Monitor
By the first definition, I concede that OBL can be called a capitalist. By the second one, I think clearly not. Which leaves you with the interesting question: Can OBL be both a capitalist and anti-capitalist? I mean, perhaps he made his money under capitalism (although mostly through inheritance, I understand), but he hasn't seemed to keen on propagating capitalism. And when he makes the WTC one of his primary targets, you have to think that there's something about capitalism that really gets under his skin.
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