Capitalism
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- "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 on the ideas of John Locke and Samuel Smith as a means to keep the working population in line and under their own tight control, beginning in England in the 18th century with the Industrial Revolution. Later it became the mantra of the Order with the ideas of the French Grand Master François-Thomas Germain. 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.