Capitalism is directing and manipulating those forces towards accumulation and endless growth, following an ethos of "more is more and more is inherently good"
I suspect that there would be a shitload more anticapitalist people in the world if everyone was aware that markets and capitalism aren't synonyms..
Capitalism is not equal to smuggling or free markets. Capitalism means the private ownership of the means of production, and a market economy is possible under other systems.
One of my favorite songs from Jim Croce, Rapid Roy the Stock Car Boy, has a whole verse on this!
Rapid Roy, that stock car boy,
He's the best driver in the land
He says that he learned to race a stock car
By runnin' shine outta Alabam'
Oh the demolition derby and the figure 8
Is easy money in the bank
Compared to runnin' from the man
In Oklahoma City
With a 500 gallon tank