Insight into why Socialists/Statists conflate Corporatism and Capitalism

Started by Travis Retriever, August 29, 2009, 10:24:38 PM

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Before taking economics and seeing Shane's videos, I was one myself.  The line of reasoning goes something like this:
If government helps (corporatizes) business or some sector of the market, it's the same, both in principle and result, as government not intervening in said market.
It all springs from that little bit.  This seems to be what people of the socialist mindset think; that, in a free market, big business runs wild with nothing to anchor it, causing it to do the same harm that it would if government was backing it up.

It's shown in this quiz http://www.gotoquiz.com/candidates/2008-quiz.html question #8 which implies that government regulation of business is automatically pro worker and good for the poor, but bad for the rich, while the free market, or "pro business" which, judging by the middle ground choice at the bottom is pro corporations, pro rich and hurts the poor AND is the same as government backing the businesses (as evidenced by a lack of a choice saying "let the government stay out of it" choice.
Of course forgetting that corporations, as they exist today are a product of the state.
Sheesh.
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