anti-capitalist
Opposing private ownership
Anti-capitalist describes opposition to capitalism as an economic system—its private ownership of production, profit motive, and market-driven distribution of resources.
The term covers a spectrum from those advocating reform to those seeking complete replacement: an anti-capitalist protest movement, anti-capitalist policies.
As a noun, an anti-capitalist is someone holding these views.
Public expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- occupyFill or dwell in
solidarity · blockade · sit-in · wildcat · sabotage · propaganda · agitation · consciousness-raising
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- syndicalismUnion-led worker ownership theory
collectivism · mutualism · anti-authoritarian · participatory · decentralization · self-management · prefigurative · degrowth
Capitalist ownership class
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- alienationState of being isolated
- oligarchyRule by few
plutocracy · working-class · dispossession · precariat · lumpenproletariat · hegemony · stratification
Transforming into sellable goods
- privatizationState sells public assets
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
neoliberalism · corporatism · financialization · globalization · imperialism · colonialism · exploitation · accumulation
Jointly operated enterprise
- communeShared-living community
- commonsShared community resources
- collectiveJointly organized group
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
credit-union · kibbutz · syndicates · council · assembly · federation · autonomy · self-sufficiency
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
occupy · solidarity · blockade · sit-in · wildcat · sabotage · propaganda · agitation · consciousness-raising · organizing
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
syndicalism · collectivism · mutualism · anti-authoritarian · participatory · decentralization · self-management · prefigurative · degrowth · Trotskyism
bourgeoisie
Capitalist ownership class
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- alienationState of being isolated
oligarchy · plutocracy · working-class · dispossession · precariat · lumpenproletariat · hegemony · stratification
commodification
Transforming into sellable goods
- privatizationState sells public assets
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
austerity · neoliberalism · corporatism · financialization · globalization · imperialism · colonialism · exploitation · accumulation · enclosure
cooperative
Jointly operated enterprise
- communeShared-living community
- commonsShared community resources
- collectiveJointly organized group
barter · credit-union · kibbutz · syndicates · council · assembly · federation · autonomy · self-sufficiency
Marx
German economic philosopher
- ideologiescommunism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism, anarchism
- leftismMarxism, socialism, communism, leftist, socialist
- Political Ideologistssocialist, communist, anarchist, Marxist, leftist
- Socialist LiteratureCommunist Manifesto, Das Kapital, Marx, Engels, proletariat
- radical leftismMarxism, Leninism, Maoism, Trotskyism, Bolshevism
- Nonconformistsnonconformist, rebels, rebel, misfits, misfit
anti-capitalistcapitalist
Private ownership supporter
laissez-faire · neoliberal · pro-business · libertarian · corporatist
anti-capitalistright-wing
Politically conservative faction
conservative · Ayn Rand · Milton Friedman · Margaret Thatcher · Ronald Reagan
anti-capitalistderegulator
One who removes restrictions
privatizer · free trader · fiscal conservative · Wall Street