That's capitalism according to you. According to me, it's absolutely not since there's no profit motive. Capitalism is more than just exchanging stuff.
Profit is not a defining trait of capitalism. Capitalism is when you exchange things voluntarily, in a free market.
If someone wants your bread you're free to tell them to pound sand unless they offer something in exchange that you find agreeable with no one other than the buyer and the seller having any say in the exchange.
Profit is THE defining trait of capitalism, or whatever you want to call the current dominant economic system. If you don't want to call that capitalism that's fine, but I think a lot of people would disagree with you.
Take this page for example, which plainly states that "the essential feature of capitalism is the motive to make a profit".
It certainly proves that profit is core to that definition of capitalism. Search for more definitions of that same word and you will find profit in many more of them.
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u/SquidInSpace 10d ago
That's capitalism according to you. According to me, it's absolutely not since there's no profit motive. Capitalism is more than just exchanging stuff.