There is no political solution to communists
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Capitalism is based on the well-founded notion that individuals are better at determining how to distribute resources than a centralized entity. The false ideal of "limitless growth" arises out of the legal mandate for public companies to maximize profits for their shareholders (i.e. central government interference.)
I'll go a step farther/simpler. We are talking about arguing with communists, after all:
Capitalism is the idea that things have value.
I don't think defining capitalism as essentially the "utility theory of value" vs. communism's "labor theory of value" is sufficient to distinguish it from pre-enlightenment economic systems, but given that "capitalism" itself (the word, not the idea) is a communist invention, perhaps we're falling victim to the trap of letting the enemy set the terms of the discussion.
It severely damaged the West since the forced dichotomy imparted a sacred character to an economic system, which is just a tool and not a functional belief system.