I mean corporatist as the denial that math inevitably leads to winner-takes-all, and the celebration of those outcomes as moral victories which are somehow rooted in merit, and somehow we're all better off because some kids won all the marbles.

Stuff like being anti-democratic, anti-labor, anti-competition, defending monopolies, radical power imbalances, amoral behaviors are just the symptoms, not the causes.

The cause is math. Preferential attachment, compound interest, and whatever that gambling thing is called.

Even board games and game shows and school children know this and actively mitigate it. If only to keep the game going and enjoyable.

I don't think that's a common definition of corporatist. It might well be a useful concept, but it probably deserves a different label. Do you see it as distinct from "corporate capitalism"?

I wish I had a better label. Something that makes clear that I'm criticizing certain players and not the game. A way to celebrate liberal democracy coupled with capitalism, distinct from monopolistic, predatory, fraudulent behavior.

David Graeber is much better at this sort of thing. Like his calls for redefining work in terms of caring for each other.

On reflection, I would suggest that any "-ism" implies criticism of game over players.