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> How are private companies synonym for capitalism?

> Capitalism is an economic order (characterized by the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit).

I think you answered your own question.

> Overloading the term Capitalism may sound sensational, but it is not useful in explaining the issue.

We're not. We're using surveillance as an adjective to modify capitalism, and thereby creating a new term.




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