"In state capitalist systems, markets are relied upon the least, with the state relying heavily on either indirect economic planning and/or state-owned enterprises to accumulate capital."
State Capitalism may be an actual thing. But no one means it when they say "capitalism".
"State capitalism is usually described as an economic system in which commercial (i.e. for-profit) economic activity is undertaken by the state, where the means of production are organized and managed as state-owned business enterprises"
I find this response to be curious. Why not simply assume that the other person up there does include State Capitalism under the umbrella of "capitalism" when they say that capitalism and free markets don't always go together, rather than assume that they intend a definition of "capitalism" that automatically excludes the very thing they were saying?
Because the person I was responding to was saying that capitalism didn't include a group of "loosely affiliated" people competing for business. It obviously does.
State Capitalism would be if the government started a dentist company and, in this case, didn't offer new services in order to keep the profits artificially high.
Yeah, because capitalism means socialism, right? That's what state capitalism is, so let's just use the same word for both, then everyone will be on the same page and all the confusion resolved.
I find it very confusing that you link to a Wikipedia article, pull a statement from it, then spend all of your replies arguing against what that article says.
Your own link doesn't support what you're saying.