"By definition"... Capital - Any form of wealth employed or capable of being employed in the production of more wealth. Capitalism - An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development occurs through the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market. "If freedom requires gatekeepers asking for money its not freedom." Not sure who the "gatekeeper" would be here but if you're saying that you're entitled the output of someone else's labor that's "by definition" slavery.