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Re:The British Once Built a 1,100-Mile Hedge Through the Mid... by Avshalom on Monday January 15, 2018 @08:41PM (#16155122)
Unless there is no such thing as a state "Unbridled capitalism" and "unfettered crony capitalism" are in-distinguishable.

Capitalism as we use the term was defined/coined in the age of the East India Company and general European Colonialism. The European decimation of India/Asia, Africa, The Americas: these are the true realizations of capitalism.

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Re:The British Once Built a 1,100-Mile Hedge Through the Mid... by specialist on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @08:28AM (#16157981)
Corporatism != capitalism.

While neither defending or attacking capitalism... Corporation is a polite term for sovereign granted monopolies like East India. Less polite are privateers, aka pirates.

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