I can’t seem to find it in my quotes file, but I recall once reading an interesting few paragraphs by someone explaining that capitalism allows them to “own” nearly everything they want in the world. In some sense I am the owner of a 16 inch telescope, a jet ski, a table with a gourmet meal at the best restaurant in the city, etc., regardless of whether I’ve gone out and bought those things and had them assigned to be my property, because at any time I could go out and buy them if the whim struck hard enough.
I suspect that a personification of Capitalism would find the notion of this inflationary use of “own” rather offensive. It has rather strong ideas about what “ownership” means. The personification of Free Market may also be a tad disgruntled that Capitalism is being given the credit for its work when it believes it should be respected as an individual. Neither of those is (strictly) dependent on the other.
I suspect that a personification of Capitalism would find the notion of this inflationary use of “own” rather offensive. It has rather strong ideas about what “ownership” means. The personification of Free Market may also be a tad disgruntled that Capitalism is being given the credit for its work when it believes it should be respected as an individual. Neither of those is (strictly) dependent on the other.