Which is exactly to my point, yokels who blather on about the inherent superiority of their favorite purist economic theories are ignoring that reality is not as simple-minded as they are.
The fact that China is a "jumbled bunch of communism, fascism/corporatism, and capitalism" isn't very connected to that point. That jumbled mess is worse than a much more capitalist system would be. As for "purist economic theories", that's mostly a straw man. Sure you can find anarcho-capitalists, or 100% committed and dogmatic Marxists, but not here (on this thread), and not in huge numbers in this country. Arguing that generally allowing people to freely make their own economic decisions is a good idea, isn't arguing for purist capitalism with either no government at all, or even no government beyond the absolute minimum needed to keep the peace.
As for my comment about oligarchs that simple truth, one that you fail to even attempt to refute. Its the government that has real power. Corporations may try, and may succeed in welding some of that power to benefit themselves, but its still an application of government power, not a rule by corporations. |
