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Re:Crony capitalism may be cannibalizing productive capitali... by subverter on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:06PM (#14620158)
"Crony" is so often followed by "capitalism", but it's really just cronyism that's the issue. You can find it in capitalism and you can find it in government. But they go best hand-in-hand. I'd argue that most crony capitalism is made possible only because they can leverage the monopolistic power of their crony allies in government for mutual gain.
Re:Crony capitalism may be cannibalizing productive capitali... by RobertoG on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:37PM (#14620462)
I hear frequently the argument that crony capitalism is not really capitalism. And how "real capitalism" would work wonderfully.

That always remember me, how, when you argue with a communist, frequently those examples that you bring to the conversation are never "real communism".