Capitalism
- "The capitalists will do whatever we tell them to. We print the dollars they worship, after all."
- ―An unnamed Templar, in one of Clay Kaczmarek's hidden messages.[src]
Capitalism is an economic system that is based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods or services for profit. Capitalism also includes competitive markets, wage labor, capital accumulation, voluntary exchange and personal finance.
The Templars created capitalism as a means to keep the working population in line and under their own tight control. The Templars Henry Ford and Ransom Eli Olds created the assembly line, and economist John Maynard Keynes created several new theories and forms of economics based on capitalism. Throughout the 20th century, the Templars made use of puppet regimes and rulers to spread capitalism throughout the world, with the ultimate goal being the eventual collapse of democracy, creating an ideal situation for the Templars to introduce a New World Order.