• amorangi@lemmy.nz
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    4 days ago

    With legislative capture you no longer have capitalism. At best you have crony corporatism.

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      3 days ago

      Ah, yes, crony corporatism, that system where checks notes economic power is wielded by private investors who can convert that power into political power. I wonder where I heard that before.

    • Postimo@lemmy.zip
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      I don’t know that distinction is super valid or meaningful when capitalism will always tend towards increasing power and profit, including breaking the systems that try to keep it’s ‘purer’ forms.