I very seldom understand what people mean when they say "capitalism/istic."

I tend to think of it as Big Daddyish, as in he patriarchal familial model in which the paterfamilias' role is to Issue Commands, look stern, and lie back to critique the work/attempts to implement those Noble Aims. For me, George Lakoff's suggestion in Don't Think of an Elephant that what the right wants is to Give It All to the Big Daddies explained a lot of mysteries and contradictions that arose for me in trying to analyze policy strategy in terms of stated goals,